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Crisis in Poland and Belarus: migrants break through the border, NGOs try to help

2021-11-10T11:19:53.719Z


The situation in the border region between Belarus and Poland remains tense. On the Polish side, border officials repeatedly pick up migrants - watched suspiciously by non-governmental organizations.


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Photos from the Belarusian authorities from the border with Poland: Right next to the barbed wire, refugees spent a second night at sub-zero temperatures in freezing temperatures.

Some migrants have injuries - presumably from attempts to negotiate the border fortifications.

The situation in the border region remains tense.

According to Polish media, two large groups broke the border with Poland on Tuesday evening.

Around 50 people were arrested by the Polish police and they are looking for more.

Pictures from Tuesday on the Polish side: Border officials picked up around 15 men, women and children in the forest.

The people are now to be brought to a facility for refugees.

Members of a non-governmental organization are watching the action.

You have no confidence in the Polish authorities.

Jakub Supieniewski, spokesman for the NGO Grupa Granica


»We can never be sure what happens to the people we help.

Because the Polish authorities are breaking the law and the Geneva Refugee Convention.

They often send people back to Belarus even though they have applied for international protection here. "

Organizations such as Pro Asyl are calling for a humanitarian solution for the people on the border and insisting that human rights be observed.

However, there is currently no humanitarian solution in sight.

Poland has stationed thousands of soldiers at the border and strengthened the border fortifications.

In addition, pushbacks to Belarus were legalized by law - contrary to international law.

The government in Warsaw and the EU are accusing the authoritarian Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko of targeting people from crisis regions in order to smuggle them into the EU.

Source: spiegel

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