“Transportation” of migrants across the border of Belarus with the countries of the European Union, which is actually engaged in Minsk, is a hybrid threat to the union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
EU leaders are ready to introduce new sanctions against Belarus, this question will be discussed at the summit on October 22. According to Merkel, Minsk is to blame for the migration crisis that broke out in May 2021. The policies of the association countries have repeatedly accused the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko The problem of migration has become a newly relevant for Poland, Lithuania and German itself.
The crisis really broke out after the threats of Lukashenko to weaken control over the flows of illegal immigrants against the background of the next exacerbation of relations with the West. Poland’s President Angey Duda called on the European Union to stop the flow of migrants arriving from Belarus. In addition, the Polish government adopted a bill on the construction of fence at the border.