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Poland’s push-back policy leaves migrants facing an uncertain future as winter looms
Reuters ^ | 25 October 2021 | Joanna Plucinska and Kacper Pempel

Posted on 10/25/2021 8:19:53 PM PDT by Cronos

Somali migrant Abdi Fitah's bid to cross into Poland from Belarus ended with him barefoot and freezing after he lost his shoes in a river and wandered for days in the woods along the border.

The 23-year-old is one of thousands of people, including children, from the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan who have tried to enter Poland from Belarus in recent weeks, with charities saying they face harrowing conditions on the border.

Jakub Sieczko, a medical doctor and coordinator of the Medycy na Granicy (Medics on the Border) aid group, said he feared there would be more deaths as temperatures drop.

...Ibrahim, who said he left Somalia 15 days ago, thought he was having a heart attack while walking through the woods with a group of fellow migrants, before receiving medical help for hypothermia at the border.

"The conditions are very cold, (we're) not wearing shoes," he said, explaining how he lost his shoes in the river. "The leg is a big problem. I'm not wearing (enough) clothes...(or) shoes."

The European Union accuses Belarus of orchestrating the flow to put pressure on the bloc in retaliation for sanctions slapped on Minsk over human rights abuses.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 10/25/2021 8:19:53 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Go back to Somalia.

Nice and warm there.


2 posted on 10/25/2021 8:22:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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On 14 October, the Polish Parliament adopted an amendment on the law of foreigners and the law on international protection. Under the amendments, a person who enters or attempts to enter the country “in breach of the law”, must leave Polish territory and is banned from entering the country for 6 months to 3 years. Applicants appealing the decision cannot stay in Poland pending a ruling.

Under the amendment, asylum applications submitted by a person detained for irregular entry, can be suspended/not examined. The only exception is a foreigner who entered directly from a country where their life would be at risk. This does not apply to the group of Afghans who travelled via Belarus.


3 posted on 10/25/2021 8:23:28 PM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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To: Cronos

What’s uncertain? It seems very clear to me. They can’t go to poland and must go somewhere else.


4 posted on 10/25/2021 8:28:43 PM PDT by fluorescence
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To: Cronos

Who told those retards they would be welcome in Poland? Maybe read a history book or two. Good for the Poles for keeping the morons out. They will only damage that country and harm their women.


5 posted on 10/25/2021 8:32:03 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Cronos

GTFOOH


6 posted on 10/25/2021 8:35:02 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Cronos
Why Poland? This is a 5,000 mile trek. They couldn't stop in Egypt? It was good enough for the Holy Family. I won't ask them to try Sudan or Syria, but Turkey is large, and culturally a closer match.
7 posted on 10/25/2021 8:36:22 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: Cronos

Just wondering do they welcome Polish Catholic “migrants” in any of the countries these people are coming from?


8 posted on 10/25/2021 8:36:38 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Cronos

Do widzenia!


9 posted on 10/25/2021 8:37:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

They’re being told to colonize Europe.


10 posted on 10/25/2021 8:37:26 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Williams

Poland actually does have a lot of immigrants from Ukraine.


11 posted on 10/25/2021 8:37:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Cronos

These people really want to get to Germany, Sweden, or another EU country welcoming them better, but need to get through Poland or Hungary first. Under EU law, a person claiming political asylum needs to make that claim in the first country they enter. The point here is that these people weren’t facing political prosecution in Belarus, so no need to enter Poland illegally. Trump borrowed this policy on the U.S. Southern border, i.e., don’t claim political asylum from Honduras when you traveled through two or three other countries to get here. There’s a difference between economic and political migrants.


12 posted on 10/25/2021 8:44:57 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Cronos

5,000 miles in 15 days? No wonder his leg hurts!


13 posted on 10/25/2021 8:57:35 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: Cronos

Have Soros and Susan Rice book them into the next caravan headed this way.


14 posted on 10/25/2021 8:59:47 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: BenLurkin
Attention Reuters, Joanna Plucinska, Kaeper Pempel: What is the temperature in Somalia ? IDIOTS.
15 posted on 10/25/2021 9:00:19 PM PDT by A strike ("Public Health" is 21st century murder by government.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Yes, who is transporting them to the Polish border, and how?


16 posted on 10/25/2021 9:04:23 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Cronos

Ban all non-western immigration. End of story.


17 posted on 10/25/2021 9:06:28 PM PDT by Clemenza (Cloth masks are as worthless as the people who wear them )
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To: Cronos

What’s wrong with staying in Belarus, or the Utopia of Africa?


18 posted on 10/25/2021 9:06:40 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: Cronos

Homicidal invaders should not be portrayed as innocent waifs.

It is not an accurate portrayal.

Three cheers for everyone in Poland who is for protecting their people and their land.


19 posted on 10/25/2021 9:13:20 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: Cronos

Shoot them.


20 posted on 10/25/2021 10:25:17 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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