Federal police discovered 31 refugees in small trucks

The federal police picked up 31 Iraqis in a pickup truck in Boock, not far from the German-Polish border, on Saturday morning.

The 19 men, 2 women and 10 children did not go particularly well, said the federal police.

The children therefore wore worn, damp shoes.

The feet were partly wrapped in aluminum foil and were sore as a result.

Boock - All refugees were brought to the Federal Police Inspection Pasewalk.

The Polish transporter had passed the border in Blankensee in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district and was stopped by the federal police.

Its 34-year-old driver had been taken into custody.

During the search of the Polish smuggler, a large one-hand knife and a storm hood were found.

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Federal police take 45 refugees into custody

Officials of the Federal Police in Ludwigsdorf have again taken 45 smuggled refugees into custody in Saxony.

On Tuesday, on Autobahn 4 near Kodersdorf (Görlitz district), they stopped a pickup truck in which, in addition to two men from Ukraine, were four Syrians and four Yemenis, the federal police announced on Wednesday.

The 51 and 48-year-old Ukrainians were suspected of being smugglers and were given a four-year entry ban and were deported to Poland.

Federal police take 45 refugees into custody

Poland: State of emergency at the border with Belarus extended

Warsaw accuses the Belarusian ruler Lukashenko of bringing refugees from crisis regions to the EU's external border in an organized manner.

There is no end in sight to the conflict.

Poland: State of emergency at the border with Belarus extended

Reception facility prepared for further refugees

Tents and containers are ready.

The atmosphere on the site is calm.

Laundry dries on fences.

Children play.

What the refugees experienced on their way before they landed in Eisenhüttenstadt can only be guessed at.

Reception facility prepared for further refugees

Migrants, mostly from the Arab region, have been trying harder to get into the EU via Belarus for months.

They also use the route via Poland to Germany.

The governments of Germany and Poland are accusing the Belarusian ruler, Alexander Lukashenko, of bringing refugees from crisis regions to the EU's external border in an organized manner.

Lukashenko announced at the end of May that he would no longer prevent migrants from continuing to travel to the EU - in response to tightened Western sanctions against the former Soviet republic.

dpa