SHOTLIST

POLAND (RELEASED ON AUG. 12, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT "POLISH BORDER GUARDS " HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY)

1. ILLEGAL MIGRANTS CLIMBING ON BORDER FENCE AS BORDER GUARDS RUN TOWARD THEM

2. STILL PHOTO OF BORDER GUARDS STANDING NEAR CAPTURED ILLEGAL MIGRANTS SITTING NEXT TO FENCE (2 SHOTS)


POLAND (RELEASED ON AUG. 11, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT "POLISH BORDER GUARDS " HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY)

3. THERMAL CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS CROSSING INTO POLAND THROUGH GAP IN BORDER FENCE

4. BORDER GUARDS’ VEHICLE ARRIVING

5. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CROSSING POLAND JUMPING FROM RAZOR WIRE ON BORDER FENCE, BORDER GUARDS’ VEHICLE ARRIVING

6. STILL PHOTO OF CAPTURED ILLEGAL MIGRANTS LYING ON GROUND NEXT TO FENCE, BORDER GUARDS STANDING NEXT TO MIGRANTS


POLAND (RELEASED ON AUG. 11- 12, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT "POLISH BORDER GUARDS " HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Poland has seen more than 550 illegal border attempts from its neighbor Belarus in three days, prompting fear of a fresh migrant crisis, according to local media on Tuesday.

The Polish Border Guard Service said Monday that more than 550 illegal crossing attempts from Belarus were documented between Aug. 9-11 in the country’s eastern Podlaskie region, the Polish broadcaster TVP World reported.

According to officials, the scale and violence in these crossings have increased with migrants throwing projectiles, including Molotov cocktails, at border guards and troops.

Warsaw accuses Belarus and its ally Russia of creating a border crisis to destabilize Poland and the EU, and suggests that since mid-2021, Belarus has been helping migrants from the Middle East and Africa make their way into Poland -- and so also into the EU -- via the forested and swampy areas of northeastern Poland.

In July 2024, the Polish parliament passed legislation removing criminal liability from uniformed personnel using firearms on Poland’s eastern border. This happened after two incidents on the border. In one, a soldier died in June 2024 after being stabbed by a migrant with a knife, and in the other, military police arrested two soldiers for firing warning shots at migrants.