Poland: Belarus Border Crisis Continues – ‘Many Attempted Violations’

The crisis with migration flows at the border between Poland and her Belarus, with Polish Defense Minister Marius Blastsak announcing today, Wednesday (10/11) that during the night there were many attempts to cross the border.

Poland and other EU member states accuse Belarus of encouraging migrants – from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa – to cross the border illegally into the EU, avenging sanctions imposed on Minsk for human rights abuses, such as transmits the ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ.

“It was not a quiet night. In fact, there have been many attempts to cross the Polish border. “From what I heard, we stopped all those who violated,” Blastak told PR1 radio station, adding that 15,000 soldiers were already at the border.

Thousands of migrants seeking to cross into Poland are stranded on the border with Belarus amid the cold, and the presence of troops on both sides raises fears of a conflict.

Belarus: Poland abused migrants

On the other side, Belarusian authorities have accused Poland of abusing four Immigrants on the border between the two countries. “We saw the many wounds on the bodies of the migrants, the Polish forces of their order behaved violently and drove them out of the barbed wire on the border with Belarus.”, announced the Belarusian border guard service.

In a statement to her Telegram account, she said the four men, of Kurdish origin, were located Tuesday night in a makeshift camp on the Belarusian side of the border.

Images broadcast from Minsk show several scenes near the barbed wire separating Belarus from Poland. Three men, with blood on their hands and face, are shown in the video.

For months, Europeans have been accusing Minsk of deliberately issuing visas to migrants, mainly from the Middle East, to cross the border and then enter the EU to avenge sanctions imposed on Belarus over human rights abuses. the suppression of the opposition movement that erupted after Lukashenko’s controversial August 2020 victory.

Also on Tuesday, the Polish prime minister blamed the Russian president Vladimir Putin, Minsk ally, that he is the “brain” behind this wave of immigrants.

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