Migrants at the Poland-Belarus border: “We must decide on strong international sanctions” against the – franceinfo

“At the international level, we must decide on strong sanctions against the Belarusian regime of Alexander Lukashenko”Renew MEP Fabienne Keller called on Franceinfo on Thursday 11 November, while the UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Thursday, in the midst of a migration crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus.

For several weeks, the Minsk regime has been suspected of orchestrating the arrival of several thousand migrants, mainly Iraqi, and massing them on its border with Poland, in response to European sanctions adopted after the contested re-election of the Belarusian president and to the repression of the opposition by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. For its part, Poland refuses to open its borders to exiled people, accusing Belarus of “state terrorism”.

Minsk is leading a “monstrous, cynical organization” by “using people, families as weapons,” denounces Fabienne Keller, who also accuses Poland of “violently pushing back” these exiled people and preventing them from entering European territory.

“The humanitarian emergency must come first”, estimates Fabienne Keller, while winter is approaching and temperatures are already falling below zero degrees at night on the border between the two countries. MEP calls on Poland to open its borders “in the sense that the Schengen rule must apply. People must be allowed passage and offer them access to asylum if they so wish.”