Polish border forces regularly force migrants back into Belarus, with reports of people being beaten, stripped of their clothes and left stranded in forests without food, shelter or medical care, according to a new report from Oxfam and Polish NGO Egala published today.
they could stay in Belarus
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Thank you Poland 🇵🇱🇪🇺
Reading through the article, theres no mention of what Belarus does. Seems like its very good to migrants. Why not stay there, rather than go to a country where, allegedly, you are mistreated? Politicos view on this: belarus good, Poland bad.
Maybe you should read again.
Did read again, and they do mention belarussians treat them badly. Then question - what is Poland exactly at fault here? Belarussia is responsible for everything. Given the existing security situation, how can you know if those "miggrants" arent sent to attack. They have already killed a soldier.
I agree there is a bias in how this article is structured. The headline should have been about Belarus instead and the situation. People that stop reading halfway will definetly have a wrong impression about the situation there.
This ⬆️ Belarus is weaponizing migration, they took the people in, let them deal with it. How is it Poland’s fault?
Good job Poland is standing up to the weaponisation of the migrants.
The weaponization of immigration has been Putin’s greatest success in capturing the American government and dividing and radicalizing Europe.
A trick he learn from Gaddafi
Don't want migration? Don't force people to migrate. If you does so it's your people now. ;)
So Poland is controlling its border ?
Belarus and Russia are responsible for these people. They should demonstrate how they care about 3rd world people instead of throwing them over the fence to Poland.
This is a hybrid attack from Russia. They use migrants as a weapon. We must not fall in this propaganda. The problem is in Belarus not in Poland. Let’s fight for freedom for democracy and 🖕 Russia.
Well, the trafficking is being facilitated by the Belarusians, and the brutality is being executed by them as well... So, who should be blamed?
This is deliberate on the part of Belarus - why highlight Polands treatment without proper recognition that Belarus is putting people into this position?
I was going to say exactly the same thing
Is Poland the problem or Russia and Belarus?
Yes.
They are Belarusian hybrid weapons.
No pushback is illegal.
Perhaps you can blame Belarus for this you fucking clowns.
Are these Belarus citizens trying to leave or are they non Belarus citizens? If non Belarus, how did they end up on that border?
It's in the article; "Belarus ...state-controlled travel agencies offer them [migrants] visas and transport. Once at the border, Belarusian security forces escort the migrants toward Polish territory while blocking their retreat."
Well there we go, the headline gives impression Poland are in the wrong and the NGOs seem to be pointing finger of blame at Poland. It is a tool of war being used by Belarus/Russia to sow discord in the EU. I don't think Poland has much choice about what to do.
Yeah, this information is there about 6 paragraphs down, after subtly implying the EU should stop funding PL border control. This article is clearly in line with russian propaganda.
Yes, the entire article could be written in a more objective manner.
It is politico so basically Putin/Trump friendly
Isn’t this a part of Russian hybrid war against EU?
Sorry but migrants are a war weapon.
Not justifying violence of any sort, but this article and others like it squarely try to blame Poland and the greater EU, while brushing off russian and Belarusian gov roles. Here, at least, there’s this tidbit further down, but the headline is clearly clickbait.
Why crossing to the evil EU? Most people in the Middle East and Africa support Russia and its puppets so at least they get to know Putin's and Lucashenko's hospitality first hand.
Are ruzzians weaponising refugees against Europe again?
It is polands right to uphold their borders when a country like Belarus is pushing people from foreign countries into Poland, they are not obliged to let them in, and they are not coming from a country that's oppressing them. It's a Belarus act of warfare
Walls work.