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'They are beaten, bitten by dogs, their money taken away, their phones destroyed': Migrants fight for survival on Polish-Belarusian border (web.archive.org)

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The Polish NGO Grupa Granica accuses the Polish border guards of not accepting asylum applications from migrants. "They don't let them apply, even if they speak English and show their papers," says campaigner Anna Alboth.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Imagine surviving the trip from Middle East to Europe, just to get stuck in between a abusing dictatorship and a country run by zealous nationalist authoritarians.

Of course Belarus is the biggest offender here, as it's the one intentionally causing the problems on the border. I also get why Poland doesn't want to let influx of refugees to enter uncontrollably. However, that does not justify inhuman treatment by the Polish authorities. EU really should straighten up and decide on sharing the burden on receiving refugees...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Surviving the trip from Middle East was the easy part as Belarussia picks them by plane.

But now you have a new danger that doesn't allow facilitating the passage, how many of these migrants are former Wagner fighters?

Edit: getting down voted for pointing out the Wagner fighters? Thousands of them that entered Belarus and have an unclear future ahead?

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