Council complains about a lack of empathy for refugees

The Saxon Refugee Council has complained about a lack of empathy for those seeking protection who are currently increasingly coming to Germany across the border from Belarus and Poland. This mainly affects people from Iraq and Syria. "The life-threatening everyday life of two destroyed countries - like the disaster in Afghanistan - seems to have been dealt with, the need for support for people plagued by conflict fades into the background," said Dave Schmidtke from the Refugee Council in Dresden on Friday.

Dresden - The focus of the debate should be how to help people quickly and that on the Polish border with “pushbacks and violent attacks, massive European and international law is being violated”. "How often people from the EU are actually beaten or left to die cannot be estimated", emphasized Schmidtke. Because the Polish government is denying press representatives and non-governmental organizations access to the border area with Belarus.

In the past few days, reports had accumulated that more and more refugees were coming to Germany via Belarus and Poland.

According to the Federal Police, this affected 750 people in August and September alone in the Saxon part of the German-Polish border, much more than in the months before.

"They report that forces of the Polish border guards use violence against refugees, operate illegal pushbacks and freeze people to death at night," said the Refugee Council.

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At the same time, the council sees capacities in the Leipzig initial reception facility, for example.

“Instead of the usual 400 people, 700 people are now living in the camp.

Rooms that were originally planned for four people are now being prepared to accommodate up to twelve people.

Corona protection concepts that were originally intended can hardly be adhered to.

Those arriving have injuries, which were mainly caused by long walks in the cold - the first deaths are reported in the border area between Poland and Belarus, ”it said.

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