Poland is concerned that migrants will try to control the border checkpoint en masse, but the assembly is still calm. Polish police say about 3,500 migrants have gathered near the border checkpoint on the Belarusian side.
In the afternoon, the migrants began to set up tents and settle down near the border checkpoint. They have said they have no plans to return to the camp, which had previously been set up in the woods on the border between the two countries.
The situation at the border crossing in Kuźnica seen from the deck of a police helicopter.
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– MSWiA (@MSWiA_GOV_PL) November 15, 2021
There are also children among the migrants, and the views from there are really blood-curdling. It is very cold outside, only about three degrees, but people sit on the ground, on the asphalt, many children do not have gloves, adults warm them with their body heat. Although Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, claims that humanitarian aid has been delivered to migrants, there has been no noticeable improvement.
Lukashenko also says that Minsk is ready to help migrants who want to return to their homeland. At the same time, there are a large number of Belarusian military equipment at the border, and according to the information available, migrants are not being returned to Minsk at all.
According to the Belarusian authorities, the migrants were “self-organized” to go to the border checkpoint, with women with children at the forefront of the column.
“We are tired of waiting, we are frozen.” to the state news agency “Belta” said one of the migrants. “We’re going to Germany, we’re going to open the border,” another said.
The migrant camp set up in the woods on the border is now almost empty. The Polish Ministry of Defense reports that a column of migrants was escorted to the border checkpoint by Belarusian security services.
There have previously been rumors among migrants that German buses will arrive at the border on Monday to transport migrants to Germany. Most migrants want to go directly to Germany, but they only consider Poland as a transit country on this route.
The German authorities have denied information about the entry of migrants by bus and warn that the spread of such lies threatens the safety of migrants. Poland believes that the rumors are being spread by Belarusian special services. Polish officials emphasize that illegal border crossings will not be allowed.
More groups of migrants are directed by the Belarusian services to the border crossing in Kuźnica pic.twitter.com/TghHZNVTo5
– Ministry of National Defense ???????? (@MON_GOV_PL) November 15, 2021
One week ago, on 8 November, several thousand migrants arrived in an organized group near the Bruges-Kuznets border checkpoint. Since they were not released across the border, migrants set up a camp in the woods near the Belarusian – Polish border.
Iraqi Kurdish officials say up to eight thousand Kurds are waiting to enter the European Union.
I’m deeply concerned by the plight of our citizens, as well as the many others on the EU borders. Their wellbeing is our shared responsibility. They’ve been deceived by traffickers; exploited by networks abroad. I’m working with our partners to ensure their safety & security -mb.
— Masrour Barzani (@masrour_barzani) November 14, 2021
“I am very concerned about the fate of our citizens, as well as many others at the EU’s borders. Their well-being is our shared responsibility. They have been deceived by smugglers; they are used by networks abroad. I am working with our partners to ensure their safety, ”said Masrur Barzani, Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Autonomous Region.
CONTEXT:
In the summer of 2021 the number of migrants increased significantly, which is trying to enter the territory of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland illegally from Belarus. Most migrants are arrived from Iraq.
Officials in the Baltic States and Poland pointed out that the Belarusian authorities deliberately do not obstruct the crossing of the borderto punish these countries for supporting the Belarusian opposition and sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.
The European Union will do so described as the deployment of hybrid warfare and promises to help strengthen the EU’s external border.
On November 8, a large group of migrants gathered at the Belarusian border with Poland, trying to enter the territory of the European Union, but Poland refuses to allow these people because they believe that they are not refugees, but “tourists” who have come to Belarus voluntarily.
The Latvian government from August 11 declared a state of emergency on the border with Belarus, later on extended until 10 February. Latvia also plans to speed up Latvian-Belarusian border infrastructures construction.
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