More than 23,000 citizens of Belarus emigrated to Poland due to the repression, which began in August 2020 after the election of Alexander Lukashenko by the President of the country. About this on its page in twitter reported Polish border guard.
We are talking about the Belarusians who entered the territory of the country after August 1820. More than 3400 of them directly turned to the authorities for international protection, 12 thousand came on humanitarian visas. Another 7600 people took advantage of the Poland.Business.harbour program, which allows IT specialists to get a residence permit in Poland at an accelerated procedure.
“These people were repressions or are oppositionists,” the agency says. The number of Belarusians who later left Poland to other countries of the European Union is not called.
In Belarus, mass protests have continued in Belarus after the presidential election on August 9, 2020. Shares were strictly suppressed by the security forces, tens of thousands of people were detained, many told about torture and beating in insulators. At least four people died, hundreds received prison terms for opposition activities.
December 24, 2021 It became known that Polish lawyer Tomash Vilinsky filed a lawsuit against Alexander Lukashenko. He accused policies in the genocide of his own people and promised through the National Prosecutor’s Office of Poland to seek the consideration of the case in the International Court of Hague.