“Just a month ago, we deprived 30 travel companies of the right to invite migrants from other countries. We detained about 700 violators at the border. About 2 thousand citizens who arrived in Belarus from other countries and did not have properly issued documents were sent back. is also associated with financial costs, “the diplomat said.
According to him, Belarus has offered the European Union to discuss migrant issues since April.
“We have not received a single response to our proposals. Moreover, it was the European Union that initiated the break of a number of provisions of the readmission agreement, which allowed us to interact on migration issues. They stopped funding projects related to the construction of shelters for migrants in Belarus, a number of projects to strengthen the border infrastructure, “explained Makei.
He said that people are trying to get into the European Union, “whose states were destroyed in due time with the participation of the same EU and its allies.”
The Belarusian Foreign Minister also denied accusations of organized delivery of migrants.
“This is an absolutely blatant and groundless lie. There is not a single proof,” says Makei.
On September 17, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that more than 10 thousand migrants from the Middle East are on the territory of Belarus, which can be used to conduct a hybrid attack against Poland and Lithuania.
Due to the influx of migrants power Lithuania, Latvia and Poland decided to build a fence on the border with Belarus.
Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland during a meeting in Kiev on 23 August issued a joint declaration… In a statement, they called the migration crisis on the border with Belarus “a politically controlled hybrid operation carried out by the Lukashenka regime”, in which “defenseless citizens of third countries are exploited.” Its purpose is to “divert attention from the more frequent violations of human and civil rights by the regime“.
On the morning of November 8, Belarusian media reported that to the border with Poland a large column of migrants advanced, they are accompanied by people in military uniform. Reaching the border migrants set up camp and stay there and at the moment. They also tried to break down the barriers at the border.
Due to this Polish Ministry of Defense has raised readiness territorial defense troops on the border with Belarus. In addition, Poland sent to patrol the border with Belarus military helicopters.
According to Polish law enforcement officers, among migrants who are trying to illegally cross the border – citizens of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and other countries.
The European Union explained that migrants to Belarus are attracted through Belarusian diplomatic missions.
Moravetsky November 10 urged the European Union to impose additional sanctions against Belarus because of the situation with migrants.
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