DISINFO: Real cause of migration crisis is American spread of “democracy” worldwide
SUMMARY
The migration crisis on the EU's eastern borders is not the fault of Belarus but the result of Western attempts to impose its vision of democracy on the world. These actions of the USA and its allies led to a series of regional conflicts. As a result, we have witnessed in the Middle East and North Africa dramatic deterioration of the security situation, economic slowdown and a massive wave of migration.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets about the migration issues on the EU-Belarus borders.
The situation 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 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 and here.