After the discovery of bodies in eastern Poland, the fear of death of migrants increases
WARSAW, 13 january (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa Europe Polish officials searched the wetlands on the border with Belarus on Friday after three bodies were found in the territory it is trying to annex.
The death of a Yemeni doctor near the border, where the temperature often drops below zero in winter, was confirmed on January 7. Two others found on Thursday and Friday have not yet been identified, but are believed to be migrants. Helping those struggling on the border NGOto Grupa Granica, a coalition of
Border Patrol spokeswoman Anna Michalska said border guards told them others could die.
“There may be more bodies, so we are searching the area. To searches the policethe border guard and the army were involved,” he said.
Belarus, a close ally of Russia, is Europe’s new unofficial in the Middle East route offer Migrants flocked to the border since August 2021 after opening tourism agencies.
Although travel agencies have been closed, migrants continue to travel to Belarus in hopes of crossing into EU member Poland, which is home to more than 1.5 million refugees after Russia occupied Ukraine for nearly a year.
With Belarus to stop the flow to Warsaw on the border erected a 5.5-meter-high steel barrier equipped with electronic sensors, but this did not stop people from coming.
During this year, the border guard registered 530 attempts to cross Belarus, and the Group Granica received 121 calls for help and assisted 84 people.
For some, the journey proved fatal.
According to the Border Guard, 14 people have lost their lives on the Polish side of the border since August 2021. Grupa Granica estimates the death toll at 33.
“In general, we 20We have received 0 missing person alerts. Sometimes we find people in detention centers under the control of the Border Guard, sometimes we find bodies,” Grupa Granica spokeswoman Aleksandra Loboda told Reuters.
Reporting by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska; Edited by Philippa Fletcher
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2023-01-14 03:13:40
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