THE Poland accused today Belarus that he was transporting hundreds of migrants by truck back to the border and that he was pushing them to try to cross them illegally, just a few hours after the evacuation of their main camps at the border.
This accusation from Warsaw makes it clear that a apparent change of attitude from Minsk, this week, not has led to the resolution of the border crisis, which has recently turned into a major confrontation between East and West.
European countries accuse Belarus of provoking it intentionally the crisis, transporting by air thousands of immigrants from the Middle East and pushing them to cross the border illegally.
About 10 immigrants are believed to they died while they had camped in the forest on the border, in the cold – among them one one year old baby from Syria. Belarus, which is supported by Russia, denies that it deliberately instigated the crisis, as broadcast by APE BPE.
“Belarus supplies tear gas to migrants”
The Belarusian authorities evacuated yesterday, Thursday, the main camps where thousands of people had gathered near the border with Poland. Hundreds of Iraqis were also transported back to their homeland with the first repatriation flight made from Minsk for months.
However, the representative of the Polish Border Guard Ana Michalska stated that since last night the Belarusian authorities have already transferred me trucks hundreds of migrants back and forcing them to try to cross the border in the dark.
Belarusians “brought more migrants to the place where a forced attempt was made to cross the border,” he noted. “It simply came to our notice then 100 people, but then the Belarusian side brought more people by truck. Then it was 500“, He stated.
The spokeswoman clarified that those who tried to cross the border last night from Belarus near Dubce Serkievne with the support of the Belarusian forces amounted to about 500. She also noted that the Polish border guard arrested 45 by immigrants during conflicts in which some flew stones and tear gas.
“Members of this group threw stones and someone also threw tear gas in the direction of the Polish forces. At the same time, the Belarusian services used laser to blind them “, he clarified.
“Forty-five people were arrested and taken order to leave Poland “, he continued. “The Belarusian side is supplying the migrants with tears, it is obvious that they did not bring them with them from their countries of origin,” he insisted.
Four Polish soldiers were injured, but did not have to be hospitalized, Michalska explained.
Overall, the border guard recorded 255 attempts to cross the border in the past 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the year, the Polish border guards have recorded more than 34,000 attempts, of which more than 6.000 this month, approximately 17.300 in October, approx 7.700 in September and more than 3.500 in August, when the crisis began.
Although the number of transit attempts decreased last month, the ‘last became more aggressive“, Concluded Michalska.
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