B.President of the Bundestag Bärbel Bas (SPD) has called for rapid help for migrants stuck on the Polish-Belarusian border. “People are brought to the border with the EU with a false promise. You are being abused, “Bas told the newspapers of the Funke media group on Sunday. “Europe must quickly agree on how these people can be helped.”
Bas also spoke out in favor of building fortified border fortifications. “Fences and walls at the borders should be dismantled wherever possible. That also corresponds to my thoughts on Europe, ”she told the newspapers. “Unfortunately, given Lukashenko’s policies, this is unthinkable.”
Thousands of people are stuck in the border area
The EU accuses the Belarusian ruler Alexandr Lukashenko of targeting migrants to the borders of the EU states Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in retaliation for sanctions. Thousands of people, especially from the Middle East, are currently stuck in the border area at temperatures around freezing point.
“We must not allow people and their fate to be used as leverage,” Bas said. “The situation shows that we in the EU have still not resolved the issue of migration.” The EU member states have not yet agreed on a reform of the common asylum system that has been planned for years.
Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) spoke out against giving people shelter in Germany. “We are not allowed to accept these migrants in the EU or in Germany,” he told Bild am Sonntag. “We have to show the dictator in Minsk that he will not be successful with this measure.” Society has to endure images of people in need on the border.
The newspaper Bild also reported that the Federal Police had arrested 329 people over the past few weeks for bringing migrants from the Polish-Belarusian border area to Germany. Among the arrested are 14 German citizens and several Syrians and Iraqis with a right of residence in Germany. The other suspects are from Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic States.
As the newspaper reported with reference to information from security circles, the alleged smugglers are in contact with backers in Belarus. They receive between 1000 and 5000 euros per trip.
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