“Unfortunately, we do not have access to the border in Poland, which we asked for.
And this is a fact.
We have access only to the Belarusian side, ”he said.
Also, the head of the organization said about the "emotional reaction" to this situation at the European level.
At the same time, Rocca does not think that the situation with migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border is a crisis, noting that we are talking about several hundred people.
“Someone else is calling the UN Security Council because of the several hundred desperate people at the border,” he said.
Rocca recalled that there were also accusations of using migrants as a political tool.
At the same time, he believes that such statements are true, but not in relation to the current situation on the border of Belarus and Poland.
He believes that such statements apply to the situation between Turkey and Greece, and to what is happening now between the UK and France.
He also stated that migrants are used as a political tool in Italy.
At the same time, Rocca said that many migrants have relatives in European countries and the organization tries to interact with the governments of different countries and helps people to reunite with their families.
Earlier it was reported that on December 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Francesco Rocca.