Migrants tried again to break through the Belarusian-Polish border.
Poland's prime minister warned that the situation was "far from over".
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The Polish border guards again prevented around 150 migrants from breaking through the EU's eastern external border
(first report on November 22nd, 10:40 a.m.).
Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki warned of a direct conflict with Russia
(update from November 22, 10.50 a.m.).
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Belarus migrants: Poland's prime minister warns of direct conflict - "start to something much worse"
Update from November 22nd, 10:50 am:
The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warns that the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border is "far from over".
In addition, the current situation could be “the prelude to something much worse”.
On Sunday (November 21), Morawiecki visited the neighboring Baltic countries of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to discuss the events on the Belarusian border.
"I think that these things that are happening before our eyes, these dramatic incidents, can only be the prelude to something very worse," said the Polish head of government in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
Specifically, he indicated the danger of an armed conflict, referring to the Russian military presence on the Ukrainian border, in Belarus and in Kaliningrad.
The military equipment in these areas could be an "instrument for a direct attack," said Morawiecki.
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morwiecki fears “much worse” with regard to the crisis on the Belarusian border.
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Belarus conflict: Poland's border guards prevent new attempts by migrants to break through the border
First report from November 22nd, 10:40 am:
The situation on the eastern EU external border between Belarus and Poland remains tense. On Thursday
(November 18)
around 430 migrants were flown to Iraq on a first return flight, but attempts to break through the border are apparently continuing. Refugees who are still on the Polish border regularly try to cross the border. So far, however, they have failed because of the Polish border protection.
According to the border guards, a group of around 150 migrants tried again in vain on Monday night to break the border barriers from Belarus and enter the EU illegally.
The incident took place near the town of Dubicze Cerkiewne, the authority said.
"The attack on the Polish border was overseen by the Belarusian security forces," the statement also said.
Recordings of the incident were posted on Twitter.
Wczoraj tj.
21.11 na odcinku ochranianym przez Placówkę w Dubiczach Cerkiewnych ok.
150 agresywnych cudzoziemców próbowało wedrzeć się na terytorium Polski🇵🇱.
Atak na polską granice nadzorowany był przez białoruskie służby. # Zgranicy pic.twitter.com/aBYTO02lMw
- Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) November 22, 2021
Poland's intelligence coordinator Stanislaw Zaryn accused Belarus of continuing to lead groups of refugees to the Polish border.
"When the border line is attacked, Belarusian officials support attempts to illegally enter the Republic of Poland," Zaryn said on Twitter.
Both the migrants and the Belarusian security forces would act more and more aggressively, said the intelligence coordinator.
Lukashenko: "Show physical confrontation with the West"?
Poland is making allegations
The European Union accuses Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko of organizing migrants from crisis regions to the EU's external border in order to put pressure on the West.
The people from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan entered Belarus on tourist visas.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda told
Sieci
magazine
that Lukashenko may be
targeting
Poland “because we are toughly defending the border and the regime in Minsk is interested in showing a physical confrontation with the West”.
In Belarus, supplies for migrants started again in the morning at an emergency shelter in Brusgi on the border with Poland.
Pictures from the state agency Belta showed soldiers distributing hot tea, cookies, yogurt and curd.
An estimated 2000 people use the warehouse as a temporary sleeping place.
It is unclear how things will go on with the migrants in the long term.
Experts from the World Health Organization are currently in Belarus.
They wanted to clarify how the WHO could help in the crisis.
According to the authorities, around 100 migrants have already been taken to hospitals, including people with pneumonia.
There is great concern about a corona outbreak in the emergency accommodation.
(bb with material from dpa)
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