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November 15, 2021 The borders of the EU "are not open in an unlimited way", but only to "legal entrances. Any information that says otherwise is wrong, it is pure disinformation. The way to the EU does not pass through the Belarus ". This is what the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell underlined, from Brussels, during the press conference at the end of the Foreign Affairs Council.

According to Borrell, migrants who are already in Belarus "must have humanitarian assistance. Anyone who does not qualify as a refugee must be repatriated to their country of origin. We have seen the Iraqi authorities organize flights to repatriate" migrants who wanted to return from Minsk "And " we are delighted with this decision, "he said.

The sanctions against those responsible for the flow of migrants from Belarus to the EU "will be in force in the next few days" then announced the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy. We will adopt "a new package of sanctions, the fifth, which will be finalized in the next few days", targeting "a rather large number" of natural and legal persons involved in the smuggling of migrants through Minsk to the EU. "The package - adds Borrell - has been politically adopted. By expanding the scope of the sanctions we will be able to target those responsible for exploiting vulnerable migrants and for facilitating illegal border crossings to the EU", he continued. He also highlighted how on Belarus "we continue to face a hybrid aggression against the borders of the EU, we study all possible options to block the regime from attacking the EU and its population. This is why we have decided to broaden the scope of the sanctioning regime. From today we will be able to sanction more people for organizing these flights to Belarus "." The road to the EU does not go through Belarus. 100% responsibility for what happens is Belarus. This crisis has been artificially created and will not distract us from the internal situation in Belarus, with a constant violation of human rights ", added Borrell.attack the EU and its population. This is why we have decided to broaden the scope of the sanctioning regime. From today we will be able to sanction more people for organizing these flights to Belarus "." The road to the EU does not go through Belarus. 100% responsibility for what happens is Belarus. This crisis has been artificially created and will not distract us from the internal situation in Belarus, with a constant violation of human rights ", added Borrell.attack the EU and its population. This is why we have decided to broaden the scope of the sanctioning regime. From today we will be able to sanction more people for organizing these flights to Belarus "." The road to the EU does not go through Belarus. 100% responsibility for what happens is Belarus. This crisis has been artificially created and will not distract us from the internal situation in Belarus, with a constant violation of human rights ", added Borrell.100% responsibility for what happens is Belarus. This crisis has been artificially created and will not distract us from the internal situation in Belarus, with a constant violation of human rights ", added Borrell.100% responsibility for what happens is Belarus. This crisis has been artificially created and will not distract us from the internal situation in Belarus, with a constant violation of human rights ", added Borrell. 

"I do not know the secrets of the contacts between Putin and Lukashenko but it is evident that Lukashenko does what he does because he is counting on the strong support of Russia. Lukashenko could not do it. what he is doing without strong support from Russia, that there is a connection with the increase in troops in Ukraine I cannot know. " Josep Borrell replied to those who asked him about any links between the Belarusian crisis and the increase of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine.

Poland will begin construction of a wall along the border with Belarus in December, where many migrants are currently amassed, and will finish it in the first half of 2022. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński announced in a statement. "The commitment that we must carry out is an absolutely strategic and priority investment for the security of the nation and its citizens", said Minister Kamiński. The ministry said the contracts will be signed by December 15 and that work on the border will begin later this month, running 24 hours a day in three shifts. The barrier has an estimated cost of € 353 million and is expected to stretch 180 kilometers, about half the total length of the Polish-Belarus border.Last month, Parliament gave its green light to build the barrier.