DISINFO: Poland and the Baltic states are responsible for the migration crisis on the Belarusian border
SUMMARY
If Poland and the Baltic states had complied with international standards, there would have been no refugee crisis on the Belarusian border. These countries ignored the principles of mutually beneficial cooperation with Belarus regarding border protection – they are trying to solve the migration problem with the most radical methods.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the migration issues on the EU-Belarus borders.
The situation on the border was manufactured by Belarus as a response to EU sanctions imposed on Minsk for its oppressive measures against the political opposition. There is plenty of evidence that the Belarusian authorities have instigated the ongoing irregular migration flows to the EU borders via Belarus.
The deployment of more Polish soldiers on the Belarusian border is connected with the ongoing migration crisis staged by Minsk and Moscow – on 6 June 2024, a Polish soldier was murdered at the border by an irregular migrant.
The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that situation on the EU-Belarusian border is not a bilateral issue of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus but a hybrid attack against the whole EU. The Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy (HRVP) Josep Borrell stressed that responsibility for the migration crisis falls on the Lukashenka regime.
See our earlier articles on the Belarus migration situation here.