On the Belarusian border, the fate of migrants in the hands of politicians

Marion Gauthier, edited by Laura Laplaud 11:42 am, November 12, 2021

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An explosive situation.

Belarus and Russia deny having brought in several thousand migrants to foment a crisis at the gates of Europe.

The fate of these thousands of people, frozen on the border between Poland and Belarus, moves Polish elected officials, so much so that they begin to wonder about the outcome to be given to this crisis.

Europe 1 met them in Michalowo, in the northeast of the country.

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"They are going to freeze to death"

You have to find a balance between firmness and welcome.

Maintain border controls and set up a humanitarian corridor, insists Maria Ancipiuk, the president of the deputies of Michalowo.

She believes that migrants already in the territory must be taken care of: "It scares me, they will freeze to death."

"We must resolve this crisis, welcome these people, more control their situation by preventing them from losing their lives in the forest. They have come here with their money. If we leave them alone, they will have bought their death."

But for Marek Nazarko, mayor of the city, we must already plan the next move.

"We feel abandoned by the politicians ... Let the migrants concentrate here, a few meters from our houses? No thank you. We should think about distributing them."

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We no longer have time, repeats the city councilor.

We can be at war in a week.

While the UN Security Council accuses Belarus of wanting to "destabilize the external border of the European Union", Belarus threatens the European Union again if the 27 decide to apply new sanctions.

Alexander Loukachenko, the President of the Belarusian Republic, assures us that he will not hesitate to cut gas on Europe.