President of Poland Andrzej Duda signed a decree on the introduction of a state of emergency in the country's border areas with Belarus in connection with the situation with illegal migrants, the press secretary of the head of state Blazej Spichalsky told reporters.

According to the latest data, since the beginning of August, Polish border guards have recorded more than three thousand attempts to illegally cross the border from Belarus.. For the entire 2020, there were only 120 such attempts..

Cabinet of Ministers approached Duda with a request to declare a state of emergency. The regime will be valid for 30 days with the possibility of extension.

Earlier, Polish border guards have already begun to erect a barbed wire fence at the border and make other preparations..

The Polish government has proposed to introduce an emergency regime in the regions on the border with Belarus due to the threat of an influx of illegal migrants from Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries. It was noted that the decision to introduce an emergency regime will affect 115 settlements in the Podlaskie Voivodeship and 68 in the Lubelskie.