Poland will reintroduce a buffer zone at its border with Belarus, the Deputy Interior Minister Czeslaw Mroczek said on June 10. The zone will be introduced on June 13 and will span 60 kilometers along the two sections of the border with the highest number of illegal crossing attempts. Most of the buffer zone will extend 200 meters into Polish territory, but it will expand to 2 kilometers in the Bialowieza forest, Mroczek said. Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a plan to reintroduce the buffer zone following the fatal stabbing of a Polish soldier by a migrant along the border fence.
Poland To Reintroduce Buffer Zone At Belarusian Border On June 13
Guards stand along Polish-Belarusian border (file photo)