Poland–Belarus border

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The Poland–Belarus border is an international boundary in Eastern Europe separating Poland, a European Union and NATO member, from Belarus, and has become a significant geopolitical and migration flashpoint in recent years.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
state border
borderRegimeAfter2004 EU external border after Poland joined EU
borderRegimeBefore2004 non-EU external border of Poland
continent Europe
countryOnEasternSide Belarus
countryOnWesternSide Poland
crossesRegion Brest Region
Grodno Region
Lubelskie Voivodeship
linked to: Lublin Voivodeship

Podlaskie Voivodeship
disputeContext allegations of Belarus orchestrating migrant flows
established 1991
establishedAfter dissolution of the Soviet Union
followsFormerBorderOf Poland–Soviet Union border
geopoliticalSignificance EU–Belarus relations
NATO–Belarus relations
hasBorderCrossing Bobrowniki–Berestovitsa
Czeremcha (rail)–Vysokaye (rail)
Kuźnica Białostocka (rail)–Bruzgi (rail)
Kuźnica–Bruzgi
linked to: Kuźnica-Bruzgi

Siemianówka (rail)–Svislach (rail)
Terespol (rail)–Brest (rail)
Terespol–Brest
hasBorderRiver Bug River
Neman River
hasCheckpointType pedestrian border crossing
rail border crossing
road border crossing
hasEvent 2021 migrant crisis
2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis
isCustomsBorderOf European Union
isVisaBorderOf Schengen Area
lengthInKilometres about 418
locatedIn Eastern Europe
memberStateOnOneSide European Union
NATO
migrationRoute Africa to European Union
Middle East to European Union
nonEUCountryOnOneSide Belarus
nonNATOCountryOnOneSide Belarus
partOf Schengen Area external border
external border of the European Union
regulatedBy Poland–Belarus border treaties
securityMeasure border fence construction by Poland
enhanced border patrols
separates Belarus
Poland
timeZoneOnBelarusianSide Moscow Time
timeZoneOnPolishSide Central European Time

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Terespol locatedOn Poland–Belarus border
subject linked to: Terespol (Poland)
Brest District hasBorder Polish–Belarusian border
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Włodawa County locatedNearBorder Belarus–Poland border
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Włodawka River passesNear Poland–Belarus border
Belarus–Poland followsFormerBorderOf Soviet Union–Poland border
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Belarus–Poland hasRecentIssue 2021–2022 Belarus–EU border crisis
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Curzon Line basisFor Poland–Soviet Union border after World War II
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Czeremcha hasBorderCrossingRole Poland–Belarus border area
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Brest railway station locatedNear Belarus–Poland border
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Poland–Belarus border regulatedBy Poland–Belarus border treaties
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Gmina Gródek hasBorderCrossingNearby Poland–Belarus border
S19 passesNear Polish–Belarusian border
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Bug River near Włodawa partOf Poland–Belarus border
Terespol–Brest partOf Poland–Belarus border
Bobrowniki–Berestovitsa locatedIn Belarus–Poland border
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Siemianówka rail crossing partOf Belarus–Poland border crossings
linked to: Poland–Belarus border
Belarus–Poland waterway network borderCrossing Belarus–Poland border
linked to: Poland–Belarus border