China News Service, November 15th, a comprehensive report that the border immigration crisis between Belarus and the EU country Poland is still continuing, and many refugees have begun to break through the Polish border blockade, which has aroused widespread concern.

The EU plans to expand sanctions on Belarus starting on the 15th, while Belarus emphasized that sanctions would only be counterproductive and expressed its intention to mediate the crisis as soon as possible.

In addition, Russian President Putin also expressed his willingness to help resolve the immigration crisis.

Border crisis continues

Refugees break through the cordon

　　In the past few days, a large number of refugees have gathered in the border areas between Belarus and Poland, Lithuania and other EU countries, forming a political crisis between Belarus and the EU.

Now, Poland says that at least dozens of refugees have broken through the cordon and marched westward.

　　Polish police said that in the early morning of November 13th and 14th, at least one group of about 50 people broke through the cordon near Dubicze Cerkiewne village and broke into Poland.

The police are currently detaining 22 of them.

In the vicinity of Kolonia Klukowicze, a larger group of immigrants also tried to break through the cordon, but failed. The Polish border police were also thrown stones by refugees who tried to break through, and a police officer was slightly injured as a result.

　　In recent months, thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa have flown to Belarus, trying to cross the border from that country into Lithuania, Poland and other EU countries.

Against the backdrop of the political seesaw between Belarus and the European Union, these refugees have been trapped in the border area, and at least nine people have died so far.

　　At present, the temperature in the border area has dropped to about 0 degrees.

The European Union accused Belarus of taking the initiative to recruit refugees in the Middle East and Africa and using refugees as a bargaining chip.

The Belarusian President Lukashenko refuted the accusations.

EU intends to expand sanctions against Belarus

Belarus expresses intention to mediate the crisis

　　In response to the immigration crisis, the EU is considering expanding sanctions against Belarus.

The head of EU foreign policy, Borrell, said that the EU foreign minister will expand sanctions on Belarus on the 15th. The sanctions include airlines and travel agencies that are believed to be involved in bringing immigrants to the EU border.

　　The EU accuses Belarus of encouraging immigrants to come to its borders and pushing thousands of immigrants to cross the border into Poland and other EU neighboring countries in retaliation for the sanctions already imposed on Minsk.

Two diplomats said that the EU is considering imposing sanctions on Belarus’s main airports to make it more difficult for airlines to bring in migrants.

　　Borel said executives of airlines and travel agencies could be hit by travel bans and asset freezes in the European Union.

He said that about 30 Belarusian government officials believed to be involved in the crisis may also be targeted for sanctions.

　　In response to the threat of EU sanctions, Belarus has also begun to loosen its position.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus emphasized that the EU sanctions are futile and that the sanctions will have counterproductive effects on the development of Belarus-EU relations.

　　Belarusian Foreign Minister Makkyi also introduced measures taken by Belarus to reduce the flow of refugees from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and interacted with relevant United Nations international organizations on this issue.

Belarus has determined that it intends to mediate the refugee crisis as soon as possible and continue to maintain an open dialogue channel with the EU.

Britain and Russia fought a "war of words" over the immigration crisis

Putin: Willing to help resolve the crisis

　　Regarding the immigration crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland, British and Russian officials have also fought a "war of words."

　　British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss blamed Moscow for the immigration crisis and called on Russia to put pressure on Minsk to end the problem.

　　In response to the accusations made by British officials, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova responded and referred to Britain’s "crafted invasion" of Iraq.

　　Zakharova said that the United Kingdom assisted the United States in invading Iraq back then, so everything that happened in the region from that moment-the death of Iraqis, the destruction of the Iraqi state, a steady stream of refugees, the'Islamic State' (terrorist organization) The emergence of, the humanitarian disaster in the region, etc. all bear clear historical responsibilities.

　　However, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia is willing to promote the settlement of the immigration crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland in various ways, but the premise is that there are factors that depend on Russia.