The cost of the wall at the border with Belarus is estimated at 353 million euros. Ursula von der Leyen stated that Brussels would not finance the construction of barriers at the EU borders.
Le Monde with AFP
The Polish Parliament has definitely validated, Friday, October 29, the government project to build a wall at the border with Belarus to prevent refugees from going to Poland.
The cost of the wall is estimated at 353 million euros and it must extend over more than 100 kilometers, at the Eastern border of the European Union (EU). Polish President Andrzej Duda, announced that he would promulgate this law as soon as it is approved by Parliament.
Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, have crossed or tempted to cross the border from Belarus since summer. The EU accuses President Belarusse, Alexander Loukachenko, to bring nationals from the Middle East and Africa countries, and then to pass them through the borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.
An incentive in retaliation to economic sanctions imposed by the EU on its plan. In response, Poland has imposed the state of emergency in the border zone, dispatched thousands of soldiers and legalized the controversial practice of direct discharge.
The EU refuses to finance “barbed wire. “
Poland is one of the Twelve Member States which last week asked the EU to finance the construction of “barriers” at their borders. However, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said Brussels would not bring financial support.
Last week, M me von der Leyen had reminded leaders gathered at the summit in Brussels the common position of the Commission and the European Parliament saying that “there will be [IT] No barbed wire and wall financing “.
insisting that his country is “attacked” by Belarus, Polish Prime Minister, the Nationalist Mateusz Morawieckki, said last week that the wall was essential to “protect” Poland.
The state of emergency, which prevents journalists and charity associations from approaching the border, has generated many criticisms. The EU has called for “transparency”. The United Nations had asked eight days an urgent action to save lives and avoid suffering on the border between the EU and Belarus, after the death of several asylum seekers.