{"id":2700,"date":"2020-04-24T12:25:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T09:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d9lb3qyw8jhbr.cloudfront.net\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T09:25:04","slug":"report-on-the-situation-with-transit-refugees-on-the-belarusian-polish-border-january-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d9lb3qyw8jhbr.cloudfront.net\/en\/report-on-the-situation-with-transit-refugees-on-the-belarusian-polish-border-january-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on the situation with transit refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border (January — March 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Since 2016, we have been monitoring the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border in Brest. Transit refugees come there from different regions of Russia, as well as from other countries. They try to cross the Terespol border checkpoint and apply for asylum in Poland. This article provides current data concerning the situation with transit refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border for the period from January 1 to March 31, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this report, we focus on the main figures that characterize the dynamics of the situation at the border, namely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The total number of attempts to obtain international protection in the Republic of Poland made by refugees and the number of successful attempts (when a family or a single person was allowed to cross the border and initiate the procedure for obtaining refugee status);<\/li>
The minimum and maximum number of families who made an attempt on a particular day;<\/li>
The average number of people who were in the city during the reporting period and the maximum number of attempts made by a single family;<\/li>
Key Tendencies<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
667 attempts<\/strong> of transit refugees who applied for international protection in Poland were recorded during the monitoring of the railway station in Brest and a questioning of people within the stated period. Only in 73 cases<\/strong>, people were allowed to enter Poland and the authorities started to process applications for refugee status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n