China News Service, November 16th, a comprehensive report that the refugee crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland continues to ferment, causing many concerns.
In order to block the entry of immigrants, Poland announced that it will start building a border wall in December.
Belarus stated that it did not want to provoke a conflict at the border and was trying to persuade the refugees to return home.
At the same time, French President Macron and Russian President Putin held a telephone conversation on the 15th.
The leaders of the two sides agreed to "defuse" the refugee crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland.
The statement also stated that France hopes that the long-term talks will have an impact on immigrants from Belarus to the Polish border in the coming days.
Poland will build walls to protect the border
Belarus says it is persuading refugees to return home
According to the Associated Press, currently, about 4,000 refugees are stranded at the border between Belarus and Poland.
The Wall Street Journal also stated that many refugees are caught in this deadly conflict. According to the Polish humanitarian organization Border Group, at least 11 refugees have died. Among them, a 20-year-old Syrian man was found dead last week. The cause of death is unknown.
The organization records the number of refugee deaths reported by hospitals and police.
On the 15th local time, the Polish Ministry of the Interior issued a statement saying that in order to block the entry of immigrants, Poland will start building a partition along the Belarusian border in December, and it will be completed in the first half of next year.
The project contract will be signed on December 15 and construction will start later in the month. Workers will be divided into three shifts to work day and night.
The construction cost is estimated at 353 million euros. The entire partition wall is planned to be 180 kilometers long, which is about half the length of the border between the two countries.
Belarusian President Lukashenko said on the 15th that Belarus does not want to provoke conflict at the border and is working hard to persuade refugees to return home, but "no one wants to go back."
He also stated that if Poland refuses to provide a "humanitarian corridor," Belarus can use its own aircraft to directly send refugees to Germany.
Putin talks with Macron on the phone
Agreed to "
mitigate
" the border refugee crisis
On November 15, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation to discuss the situation in the Black Sea and the refugees on the border of Belarus.
The phone conversation between Macron and Putin lasted one hour and 45 minutes.
A statement issued after the Elysée Palace stated that Putin told Macron during the meeting that although there is currently no agreement on the causes of the refugee crisis, he understands the "necessity" of ending the refugee crisis.
The statement also stated that France hopes that the long-term talks will have an impact on immigrants from Belarus to the Polish border in the coming days.
Both sides agreed that "it is necessary to improve the humanitarian situation of immigrants by strengthening the participation of the UN refugee agency."
According to reports, Putin promised during the talks that he would discuss the refugee crisis with Belarusian President Lukashenko.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Peskov had stated that Russia was willing to act as a mediator on the issue of Belarusian and Polish refugees.
Since August this year, in order to enter Western European countries such as Germany, more and more refugees from the Middle East have used Belarus to enter EU member states Poland and Lithuania, and the pressure on border control between the two countries has increased accordingly.
Poland, Lithuania and the European Union blamed Belarus for the current refugee crisis, but Belarus stated that Western sanctions have caused it to be unable to control the flow of refugees.