Tag Archives: Belarus

Speaking at a meeting of ministers in Minsk on Thursday, Lukashenko “noted that a dangerous pattern has emerged whereby there are attempts to transfer weapons and ammunition to migrant encampments on the border with Poland to provoke a conflict,” an official statement reads. According to the Belarusian leader, the guns, which …

Speaking before the European Parliament on Wednesday, the UN high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, said the bloc must set an example on how to handle migration, slamming the “xenophobic discourse” on show by some of its members. “These challenges simply do not justify the knee-jerk reaction we have seen …

Speaking on Wednesday, Merkel’s spokesperson told the media that the outgoing German leader had held discussions with Putin about the Belarus border crisis.   According to the spokesperson, Merkel said that Minsk’s “instrumentalization of migrants” was inhumane and called on the Russian president to press Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko on the matter.  …

The Polish prime minister pointed the finger at Russia during an extraordinary session of the country’s parliament, convened to assess the ongoing crisis on Tuesday. The border standoff, where thousands of illegal migrants are facing Polish police and military, has been staged deliberately, he claimed. The migrants, who are not …

Colonel Jaroslaw Kembrowski, the military attache of Poland’s embassy in Belarus, was summoned by the defence ministry in Minsk over the border migrant crisis. That’s what the ministry’s press service told Belarusian Belta news agency. An estimated 3,000-4,000 migrants have already gathered at the border on the Belarusian side. Over 10,000 …

Some 3,000 migrants from the Middle East and North Africa, who are seeking asylum in the EU, tried to cross from Belarus into Poland on Monday. But after being repelled by Polish security forces, they set up a makeshift camp along the border. “The night wasn’t calm” at the camp …

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense rejected reports that its forces were encouraging thousands of would-be asylum seekers to attempt to cross into the EU country. Instead, Minsk’s officials said, the presence of 10,000 Polish servicemen on the shared frontier “represents significant military activity,” insisting …

“We must help the Polish government secure their external border. This would actually be the task of the European Commission. I’m now appealing to them to take action,” Seehofer told Bild newspaper on Tuesday. Some 3,000 migrants from the Middle East and Africa, who are looking to make it into …

“We are dealing with organised destruction of border fortifications,” the Polish prime minister’s office tweeted on Monday afternoon, along with aerial footage of the Poland-Belarus border. “There are also direct attacks on Polish Border Guards officers, police and soldiers.” Hundreds of migrants have camped along the border, seeking to enter …

State Department spokesman Ned Price urged Belarus to stop the alleged encouragement and facilitation of illegal migration. “As long as the regime and Belarus refuses to respect its international obligations and commitments, undermines the peace and security of Europe and continues to repress and abuse people seeking nothing more than …