Shock images to discourage candidates for entry? Poland announced on Friday to have launched an information campaign abroad to dissuade migrants from trying to enter the territory of the European Union (EU) by crossing its border with Belarus.
Warsaw accuses Minsk and his ally Moscow to organize an influx of migrants at its border As part of a hybrid operation intended, according to her, to destabilize the EU. In March, the Polish government announced the adoption of a provision limiting the right of asylum, a measure intended to discourage migrants.
“Poland effectively protects its borders. We have launched an information campaign in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Pakistan and Egypt, which is intended for illegal migrants, “Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.
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The minister shared a video from the campaign, which shows Polish border guards escorting individuals, as well as other images such as barking dogs, signage for prohibition of passage, handcuffs and money.
Poland effectively protects its borders.
In Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Pakistan and Egypt, an information campaign directed to illegal migrants begins. The state works. pic.twitter.com/kUNnSilIgc– Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 (@sikorskiradek) May 30, 2025
“If someone illegally crosses the border, he will not be able to receive asylum,” said the commentator of these images in Pachto, a language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan. “Those who have promised you a prosperous life in Europe do not care about your happiness, they are only interested in your money,” he warns.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pawel Wronski, assured that the objective was that “people do not lose their money and their health”.
In 2022, Poland erected a fence five meters high Along its 186 km border which separates it from Belarus, equipped with thousands of cameras and movement detectors to prevent illegal entries.
