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 NERFINISHED
countryOnWesternSide Poland NERFINISHED
crossesRegion Brest Region NERFINISHED
Grodno Region NERFINISHED
Lubelskie Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Podlaskie Voivodeship NERFINISHED
disputeContext allegations of Belarus orchestrating migrant flows
established 1991
establishedAfter dissolution of the Soviet Union
followsFormerBorderOf Poland–Soviet Union border NERFINISHED
geopoliticalSignificance EU–Belarus relations
NATO–Belarus relations NERFINISHED
hasBorderCrossing Bobrowniki–Berestovitsa NERFINISHED
Czeremcha (rail)–Vysokaye (rail) NERFINISHED
Kuźnica Białostocka (rail)–Bruzgi (rail) NERFINISHED
Kuźnica–Bruzgi NERFINISHED
Siemianówka (rail)–Svislach (rail) NERFINISHED
Terespol (rail)–Brest (rail) NERFINISHED
Terespol–Brest NERFINISHED
hasBorderRiver Bug River NERFINISHED
Neman River NERFINISHED
hasCheckpointType pedestrian border crossing
rail border crossing
road border crossing
hasEvent 2021 migrant crisis
2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis NERFINISHED
isCustomsBorderOf European Union NERFINISHED
isVisaBorderOf Schengen Area NERFINISHED
lengthInKilometres about 418
locatedIn Eastern Europe
memberStateOnOneSide European Union NERFINISHED
NATO NERFINISHED
migrationRoute Africa to European Union
Middle East to European Union
nonEUCountryOnOneSide Belarus NERFINISHED
nonNATOCountryOnOneSide Belarus NERFINISHED
partOf Schengen Area external border NERFINISHED
external border of the European Union
regulatedBy Poland–Belarus border treaties NERFINISHED
securityMeasure border fence construction by Poland
enhanced border patrols
separates Belarus NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
timeZoneOnBelarusianSide Moscow Time NERFINISHED
timeZoneOnPolishSide Central European Time NERFINISHED

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Terespol (Poland) locatedOn Poland–Belarus border
subject surface form: Terespol
Brest District hasBorder Poland–Belarus border
this entity surface form: Polish–Belarusian border
Włodawa County locatedNearBorder Poland–Belarus border
this entity surface form: Belarus–Poland border
Włodawka River passesNear Poland–Belarus border
Belarus–Poland followsFormerBorderOf Poland–Belarus border
this entity surface form: Soviet Union–Poland border
Belarus–Poland hasRecentIssue Poland–Belarus border
this entity surface form: 2021–2022 Belarus–EU border crisis
Curzon Line basisFor Poland–Belarus border
this entity surface form: Poland–Soviet Union border after World War II