nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211130-191433-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211129s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211130-191433-0 doi eng 342 23 Kuznicki, Wojciech Author aut Military Actions on Dubious Legal Bases - Polish law and armed forces at the border to Belarus Kuznicki, Wojciech Verfassungsblog 2021-11-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier For months, thousands of migrants from Middle Eastern countries attempted to enter Poland threatened by Belarusian troops. As a reaction, Poland has deployed substantial forces to counter the immigration influx, using the Border Guards along with police and military personnel. Thousands of Polish soldiers have been operating on the border with Belarus. There is, however, no published legal basis for these police-like interventions undertaken by military personnel. The spokesman of the Polish Territorial Defence Forces (WOT) cited an old act of the President on 28th of November, which is not in force anymore as it got repealed in June 2020. CC BY-SA 4.0 Belarus border control legal certainty Poland use of armed forces for non-military purposes Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/military-actions-on-dubious-legal-bases/ raw object