Powers of border guards, Armed Forces (including Territorial Defense Forces), Military Police, Police interfering with civil rights and freedoms in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border

Abstract

The refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border related to the appearance on the border of a significant number of people who were brought to the territory of Belarus and then directed to the territory of Poland in an organized manner by Belarusian services led to a number of actions by, among others, Polish authorities, the legal aspects of which required urgent elaboration. This article addresses the issue of powers of Border Guards, Armed Forces (including Territorial Defense Forces), Military Police, Police interfering with civil rights and freedoms in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. It contains a comprehensive description of all potential competences of those forces with respect to both refugees and volunteers providing medical assistance.