The Polish Border Guard’s live service granica.gov.pl continues to list Połowce and Sławatycze—two minor road crossings on the Belarus frontier—as “temporarily suspended,” with the advisory banner refreshed on 28 July. Although the closures were first introduced in 2024 for security reasons, the fact that they have not been lifted ahead of the peak holiday season is prompting logistics planners and human-resources teams to revise routing protocols. Alternatives such as Terespol (road & rail) and Koroszczyn–Kukuryki (freight) are operating normally but report periodic queues as commercial traffic is funneled through fewer portals. According to local freight forwarder Rohlig SUUS, wait times for trucks at Koroszczyn exceeded three hours on Monday afternoon, compared with the sub-hour average earlier this month. Mobility advisers relocating staff between Poland and Belarus stress that company drivers should carry written confirmation of appointments and, where possible, pre-load customs declarations into the National Revenue Administration’s e-Device. The rerouting also affects Belarusian nationals who commute to jobs in Podlaskie and Lubelskie provinces: shuttle-bus operators have published revised timetables adding 90 minutes to journeys. Diplomatic sources in Warsaw say the closures will remain until Minsk meets EU demands over irregular migration flows. While no formal reopening date has been set, the Ministry of the Interior reviews the status every two weeks and publishes updates on the granica.gov.pl portal. Companies with Belarus-based suppliers are advised to shift time-critical consignments to the Kuźnica rail terminal or via the Lithuanian corridor, and to warn travelling employees that attempting to cross at Połowce or Sławatycze could result in fines for illegal border approach under Poland’s 2023 Border Protection Act.
