“We observe that foreigners wandering on the Belarusian side, near the Bruzgi border crossing, have gathered and are leaving the camp. Under the supervision of the Belarusian services, they are moving to an unknown place,” the statement said.
We observe that the foreigners wandering * on the Belarusian side * near the Bruzga border crossing have packed up * and are leaving * the camp. They move under the supervision of the Belarusian servants to an unknown place. #border pic.twitter.com/SwvKtJRA5s
– Border Guard (@Straz_Graniczna) November 17, 2021
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A video posted by Polish border guards shows that migrants are leaving the border in an organized manner.
Later border service reported on Twitter that a new camp has appeared on the part of Belarus. People also remain in the old.
“In total, about 1,000 foreigners remain on this site, the rest were taken by Belarusian services,” they said in a tweet.
On the Belarusian side, a group of foreigners wanders at the border crossing in Bruzgi – it’s a new camp. In the old one, a few hundred meters away, there are still * people * staying. * In total, about 1000 foreigners live in this region. The rest of the people were taken by the Belarusian service. pic.twitter.com/o7nl4CWWzZ
– Border Guard (@Straz_Graniczna) November 17, 2021
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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell urged the Belarusian authorities to urgently restore order at the border with the European Union. Borrell said this during a telephone conversation on November 16 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Uladzimir Makei.
This year, the problem of illegal migration from the Middle East has become aggravated in the EU countries bordering Belarus. The EU initially stated that Belarus deliberately weakened control over the border on its part, later in power in the country, Alexander Lukashenko was accused not only of weakening control, but of organizing flows of illegal migration.
The European Union reported that migrants to Belarus are attracted through Belarusian diplomatic missions… According to Ukrainian intelligence, on the territory of third countries recruitment centers establishedwhere people are offered to deliver them to the European Union for a fee and, under the guise of tourists, are taken to Minsk. According to Welt am Sonntag, Belarus doubles the number of flights from the countries of the Middle East, they are most often used by illegal immigrants for further migration to EU countries.
Lithuania claims that some migrants arrive in Belarus from Russia.
On November 14, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Aleksey Danilov said that on the territory of Belarus there are about 16 thousand illegal migrants.
According to Polish law enforcement officers, among migrants who are trying to illegally cross the border – citizens of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and other countries.
On the morning of November 8, Belarusian media reported that to the border with Poland a large column of migrants advanced, they are accompanied by people in military uniform. Reaching the border migrants set up camp and stay there and at the moment. They also tried repeatedly to break down the border barriers.
Due to this Polish Ministry of Defense has raised readiness troops of territorial defense on the border with Belarus and sent to patrol the border with Belarus military helicopters… As of November 15, the border is guarded, according to official data, 15 thousand soldiers of the Polish army, 4 thousand border guards and 2 thousand police officers.
On November 15, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision toughen sanctions against the Lukashenka regime for creating a migration crisis in Europe.
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