According to Polish aid workers, the crisis surrounding migrants on the EU’s outer border with Belarus is not over. “In the first three weeks of January, 345 people in the border area asked us for humanitarian, medical or legal assistance,” said Monica Mattes, of the German newspaper Agency’s Border Group Action Coalition.
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According to the aid organization, many from the crisis areas are still waiting on the Belarusian side for a chance to enter the EU.
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“Those who cross the border now are often in much worse physical condition than they were in previous months,” Modus said. This is due to the winter climate and the heavy security on the Polish border and the fact that it is difficult to cross.
For months, thousands of migrants have been trying to cross the EU’s outer borders from Belarus to Poland or the Baltic states. The European Union (EU) has accused Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko of sending a plane to Minsk from troubled areas to smuggle them into the EU.
According to the Polish border guard, 810 people have been trying to cross the border illegally from Belarus since the beginning of this year. In the past year, border guards have registered nearly 40,000 such attempts. (dpa)
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