The head of the UN agency is "
worried
" about the migrants currently stranded on the Belarusian side of the border with the European Union and Poland.
Responding to questions from our colleagues at LCI
,
Filippo Grandi denounced "
the manipulation of these people in distress
".
The exploitation "
of their desire for a better life cannot be accepted
."
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The diplomat called on all the countries concerned to "
find solutions
". "
They may be different, whether they return home, whether they remain in Belarus with the country's asylum system wherever they come to Europe for some of them
".
If the High Commissioner denounced on the one hand the manipulation of Belarus, he also underlined the “
stigmatization and demonization
” in Europe.
"
If Europe did not panic, if it had not demonized and stigmatized all migratory movements for years, it would be less vulnerable to this type of pressure
."
"
I hope that Europe does not use these events, however serious they may be, to further restrict the access of asylum seekers to its territory,
" he added.
"
Let us not forget that in this case we are only talking about a few hundred or even a few thousand people, all of this is manageable
", pleaded Filippo Grandi.
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