The Belarusian authorities will do everything as the migrants wish, “even if it will be bad for Poles, Latvians and someone else,” Lukashenko said. Earlier, he offered Germany to accept migrants, she rejected this option
Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus will help those migrants who express such a desire to go home. This is their right, but they will not force anyone, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko said during a meeting with refugees at the checkpoint “Bruzgi”, BelTA reports.
“Anyone who wants to move in a westerly direction is also your right. We will not catch you and beat you and keep you behind barbed wire,” Lukashenko said.
He added that the Belarusian authorities are ready to do everything for refugees in trouble.
“We Belarusians, including myself, will do everything as you wish, even if it will be bad for Poles, Latvians and someone else,” the president said.
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Lukashenko also asked the refugees not to be afraid of the Belarusian border guards. “These are your friends! There is no need to be afraid of them. You can contact them with any request,” he noted. In addition, the President promised that the authorities will try to provide migrants with food and clothing and will do everything to facilitate their “temporary life”.
The migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the European Union escalated in early November. Thousands of migrants came to the point of “Bruzgi”, who tried to break through the barrier and attacked the Polish security forces with stones. They dispersed them with water cannons and tear gas.
Most of the migrants are Kurds who planned to cross the border with Poland to get to Germany and get asylum. Western countries believe that the transfer of refugees to the border was organized by the Belarusian authorities, who pursue their own political goals. In Belarus, these accusations were rejected and reported that the migrants act independently. According to Lukashenko, they can be used for political purposes by Poland itself, which “staged a massacre on the border to distract from internal problems”.
After a series of clashes at the border, the Belarusian authorities opened a logistics center for migrants. There children and women can spend the night and eat. About 2 thousand more refugees remained in the camp near the border. Lukashenko stated that Germany is able to accept such a large number of migrants, and expressed readiness to organize flights to Munich. Germany, in turn, denied any agreements with Belarus on this issue, saying that they were not considering the option of accepting refugees.
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