Expert on Europe’s attitude towards migrants
On December 22nd, Belarusian border guards found four beaten foreigners in the Svisloch District near the border with Poland. The migrants were citizens of Egypt and Morocco. They were in an exhausted state, their faces and clothes covered in blood. The men said that Polish security forces beat them with batons, as well as used stun grenades and tear gas. Political scientist Aleksei Belyaev, the Dean of the Journalism Faculty at the Belarusian State University, spoke about the refugee situation at the border in his talk with Alfa Radio.
The expert noted that the situation on the border is very sad, “Europe still says it is a paradise for migrants. And they believe it and are coming from those countries where Europe has just disrupted their economic and political balance and unleashed wars. Europe is not actually going to accept migrants. The situation on the border with Poland is constantly aggravating, Polish border guards are creating various barrier structures, constantly pushing out refugees instead of taking them under guard and providing them with asylum. They ended up on the territory of Poland, while they are, in fact, being pushed into the territory of Belarus. It would be funny if it were not so sad.”
The political analyst stressed that Europe, despite talking about human rights, shows an inhumane attitude towards refugees.
“Apparently, they recognise rights only for their own, and not for all of them, because they do not consider all these refugees to be human beings and take force against them, up to and including murder. Belarus’ State Border Committee voiced figures. Thus, since 2022, there were more than 60 deaths on the border with Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. We see refugees with fractures and beatings periodically telling about the abuse they received at the hands of border guards. These are all signs of inhumanity and lack of respect for human rights. Unfortunately, we can only record this, but we should raise the issue on international platforms about the need to punish such actions,” the expert explained.
