“We are Slavs. We have hearts.” Lukashenka said that Belarusian security forces could help migrants break through to Poland

“I think it is absolutely possible. We are Slavs. We have hearts. Our troops know that migrants are going to Germany. Maybe someone helped them. I won’t even understand this,” Lukashenka said.

However, he denies that he was involved in organizing the migration crisis in Europe.

“I said [Западу]that I am not going to detain migrants at the border, keep them at the border, and if they continue to come, I will not stop them anyway, because they do not go to my country, ”Lukashenka said.

Context:

This year, the problem of illegal migration from the Middle East has become aggravated in the EU countries bordering Belarus. The EU initially stated that Belarus deliberately weakened control over the border on its part, later Lukashenka was accused not only of weakening control, but of organizing illegal migration flows.

The European Union reported that migrants to Belarus are attracted through Belarusian diplomatic missions… According to Ukrainian intelligence, on the territory of third countries recruitment centers establishedwhere people are offered to deliver them to the European Union for a fee and, under the guise of tourists, are taken to Minsk. According to Welt am Sonntag, Belarus doubles the number of flights from the countries of the Middle East, they are most often used by illegal immigrants for further migration to EU countries.

Lithuania claims that some migrants arrive in Belarus from Russia.

According to Polish law enforcement officers, among migrants who are trying to illegally cross the border – citizens of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and other countries.

Polish Ministry of Defense raises readiness troops of territorial defense on the border with Belarus and sent to patrol the border with Belarus military helicopters… As of November 15, the border is guarded, according to official data, 15 thousand soldiers of the Polish army, 4 thousand border guards and 2 thousand police officers.

On November 16, at the Belarusian-Polish border near the Bruzgi-Kuznitsa border post, an attempt was made by migrants to break into the EU. According to Polish law enforcement officers, the attackers acted under the control of the Belarusian special services, whose employees armed migrants with flash-noise grenades. Polish security forces used water cannons and tear gas. The attack lasted for about an hour.

Due to the migration crisis 15th and on November 17, telephone conversations with Lukashenko were held by the Acting Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. They agreed that the problem of illegal migrants “in general submitted to the level of the EU and Belarus“. According to media reports, Lukashenka, in particular, asked Merkel lift EU sanctions against Belarusand also recognize him as the president of the republic.

On November 17, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that there are 20 thousand migrants on the territory of Belarus.

18 November migrants left the natural camps at the Belarusian checkpoint “Bruzgi” and at the line of the Polish border, they moved to a temporary accommodation point located in the border transport and logistics center, where they were provided with hot meals, clean water and sleeping places.

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