Red Cross urged Poland to open border for gumppost migrants

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (MFCC) encourages Poland to open access to migrants on the border with Belarus, to provide gumpose. This is stated in the press release of the organization received by Lentu.ru.

Andreas von Weisssenberg, head of the IFCC department for natural disasters, climate and crisis in Europe, noted that the Belarusian Red Cross managed to access the border areas from the Belarusian side and to assist the migrants there. According to him, it is necessary that access to migrants also be provided on the other – Polish – side of the border.

“Access to humanitarian aid and protection should go hand in hand. All migrants arriving at the EU borders should be able to apply for international protection and receive an individual assessment of their petition in accordance with the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees and Applicable EU Legislation” , – called Vayssenberg background.

The migration crisis on the border of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania aggravated in November. Crowds of migrants accumulated the republic’s cordons, some of them periodically attempt to break through the territory of the European Union.

West argues that the migration crisis organized Minsk. Against this, the EU Supreme Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Burlel said that in the near future the fifth package of Sanctions of the European Union against Belarus will be adopted.

/Media reports.