Government wants a state of emergency in two provinces on the border with Belarus
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On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers sent a request to President Andrzej Duda to introduce a state of emergency in part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship and part of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. It will enter into force as soon as the president signs the draft of this resolution. The application concerns 183 localities located in the border area. The decision is related to the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border.
"The situation on the border with Belarus is still in crisis, it is still tense because the Lukashenka regime decided to transport people mainly from Iraq to Belarus, to push these people to the territory of Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia to introduce an element destabilizing the territory of our countries,” Mateusz Morawiecki explained.
Mariusz Kamiński, Minister of the Interior and Administration, announced that no trips would be allowed in the area covered by the state of emergency and no "actions or happenings" could be organized.
As the head of the Ministry argued, the restrictions will only apply to residents to a minimal extent but will be important to outsiders.
