The Belarus border crisis shows it’s getting easier to ‘weaponize’ refugees
The Belarus border crisis shows it’s getting easier to ‘weaponize’ refugees
Countries like Belarus are counting on E.U. governments to see refugees as a security threat.
Thousands of refugees and migrants became pawns at the border between Belarus and Poland in recent weeks. Many had flown to Belarus anticipating a route into the European Union but couldn’t proceed farther because of Poland’s hard-line policies barring them entry. A number of stranded migrants died of cold and a lack of access to food and health care.
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