Migration Armed border guards escorted thousands of migrants to Belarus’s border with Poland – Lithuania also increases its troops at the border

Lithuania is considering declaring a state of emergency due to the border situation in Belarus. On Monday, Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo condemned Belarus’ actions on the borders of EU countries.

Tensions The border between Belarus and Poland has tightened. Spokesman for the Polish Government Piotr Müller estimates that between 3,000 and 4,000 migrants have arrived near the border. At least one group of immigrants tried to cross the border on Monday and border guards have apprehended some of the people, Muller told news agency AFP.

Polish Minister of the Interior Mariusz Kaminski said the country’s administration has increased police and soldiers in the border area. In total, there are more than 12,000 Polish soldiers at the border. Poland has accused Belarusian border soldiers provoking conflict.

Polish according to the people who arrived at the border are under the constant control of Belarus. Polish Ministry of the Interior With a video posted on Twitter in the background of the crowd that arrived at the border are armed people in terrain.

Videos published by the Belarusian media show how field-dressed and armed members of the Belarusian border guard direct migrants from the border town towards the forest on the Polish border. The pictures show families and children among migrants, writes The Guardian.

“New data show that the group is under the strict control of armed Belarusians. These will decide in which direction the group will go, ”said a spokesman for the Polish authorities Stanisław Żaryn.

In a video released by the Polish Ministry of Defense, a Polish soldier uses a spray against migrants who damage a barbed wire fence dividing land. The Guardian according to hundreds of immigrants camped on Monday night to feel the border.

Hundreds of migrants fled from Belarus to Poland near the village of Kuźnica on 8 November. Screenshot of a video provided by the Polish Ministry of Defense.

The fact-finding service of the news agency AFP found out by checking the geographical location that one of the videos released on Monday was taken in Belarus more than a kilometer from the Polish border crossing in Kuźnica. The signs on the road in the video are Belarusian.

Lithuania Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė told Lithuania on Monday that Lithuania is also considering declaring a state of emergency on the Belarusian border. Poland declared a state of emergency on its Belarusian border in September.

Bilotaitė said the country is relocating troops to the border in case a large number of migrants arrive in the country. However, he did not say how many troops would leave the border.

Migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border on 8 November.

Belarus there have been tensions at the borders for months. The European Union has accused the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko that this has organized a large number of migrants at the country’s EU borders. The newcomers are mainly from the Middle East.

On Monday, the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen said in a statementthat it has expressed its support to the Prime Ministers of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. The President said that the Union was considering new sanctions against airlines involved in the transport of migrants.

The EU believes that Belarus’s actions are part of a hybrid approach that seeks to confuse and undermine EU unity. The EU has interpreted Belarus’ line as revenge for imposing sanctions on the Lukashenko regime over the brutal treatment of the country’s opposition.

Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo (Green) on Monday condemned Belarus’ actions at EU borders. Ohisalon wrote On Twitter Belarus is acting against the EU and using the people as a tool of influence. According to Ohisalo, people used as instruments of influence should not be punished.

A fence was built on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border on 4 November.

Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have all decided to keep the border fences on their borders with Belarus.

The situation of migrants on the borders between Belarus and the EU is difficult and life-threatening. At the border with Poland, people have died of hypothermia and exhaustion.

Read more: People froze to death at the EU border in Poland – authorities do not allow observers to the scene

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) describes the fate of migrants at the EU border as “extremely harsh” and deaths as “shocking”. According to the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborzca, at least 10 migrants have died in the area so far, seven of them on the Polish side of the border.

The military alliance NATO said on Monday that it cannot accept the use of Belarusian migrants as a tactic against its border neighbors. NATO is concerned about the escalation of the situation at the border and urges the country to comply with international law.

“NATO is ready to assist our allies and keep the area safe,” the military alliance commented in a statement.

Migrants have often reported that they were forced to cross the border by the Belarusian authorities and then pushed back into Belarusian territory by the Polish authorities.

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