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The tension is palpable on the border between Poland and Belarus. On Tuesday November 16, clashes took place between migrants and Polish law enforcement officials who tried to prevent migrants from passing through.
It is a crisis that is starting to intensify. On the border between Poland and Belarus, nothing is going well. Clashes broke out on Tuesday, November 16 between the migrants and the Polish army, which was forced to use weapons, tear gas or water cannons to push them back. Armed with stones, the migrants tried as best they could to cross the Polish border. A Polish policeman was reportedly seriously injured in the head from throwing stones. The situation is more than critical, at a time when the European Union continues to accuse Belarus of instrumentalizing migrants.
An untenable situation for migrants who try by all means to reach Poland, in vain. “We’ve been sleeping in the forest for nine months. We’re cold, we’re hungry. We’re just waiting for Europe to open, but they won’t let nobody help us“, shouts a migrant. The confrontation will last several hours until the migrants completely leave the border post. Several wounded were evacuated on stretchers. An escalation of violence which shocked the international community.”Lukashenko’s regime inhumanly and shamelessly uses migratory flows in an attempt to destabilize and disunite the European Union“, declared Prime Minister Jean Castex. The situation calmed down on Tuesday evening, but for how long?