Two groups of migrants managed to break through the border fence between Belarus and Poland by crossing the border: this is what the Polish agency PAP writes, according to various German media. The breakthrough occurred in the two villages of Krynki and Bialowieza.
On the border between Poland and Belarus, for days there have been thousands of migrants massed together and trying to enter Europe; for the West it is the Lukashenko regime that is pushing them to break through the gates and Warsaw has explicitly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having orchestrated the crisis.
Poland, thousands of migrants are waiting on the Belarusian border: “We don’t want to go to Poland, but to Germany”
The Polish Defense Minister, Mariusz Baszczak, announced that already during the night there were many attempts to violate the border with Belarus: «There are already 15 thousand men at the border, soldiers of the Polish army. The number has been increased and of course, it can be increased even more if necessary ». Belarus has accused the Polish forces of having beaten some migrants, specifically four people of Kurdish ethnicity, who tried to enter the EU, while increasing criticism of Minsk for the “exploitation” of migrants stranded at the border.
Poland, the migrant crisis continues: thousands flock to the border with Belarus
The four “were arrested in Poland where they tried to seek protection and refugee status,” the Belarusian border guard service said in a statement, releasing images showing four men, some in bloody clothes and one with cuts on his hands. , who covered their faces. “Judging by the numerous injuries on the bodies of the migrants, the Polish security forces mistreated the people and, using force, pushed them over a barbed wire fence on the border with Belarus,” the statement said.
Migrants, the mistakes of Europe
Karima Moual
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, meets Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw this morning. The Polish government accuses Minsk of pushing thousands of people towards the country’s borders, while Belarusian President Lukashenko denounced “the deployment of Polish regular forces at the border”, stressing that his country “will not kneel to the EU”. “Using vulnerable migrants as part of a hybrid attack goes beyond contempt. The EU will not accept any attempt to exploit migrants, “Michel said yesterday on Twitter, expressing” full solidarity “with the EU member states.
Migrants, risk of conflict between Poland and Belarus: the EU against the “gangster Lukashenko”
Marco Bresolin
