Posted on 11/08/2021 11:07:45 AM PST by dennisw
Desperate migrants gathered at Belarusian frontier with Poland on Monday, attempting to hack down fence
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is accused of 'weaponising' the migrants in his war with the West
Middle Eastern and African people have been flown into Belarus and ferried to border by Lukashenko's men
Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki vowed to defend his country 'and the entire EU' from the illegal entrants Warsaw called action 'invasion' and declared it was sending 12,000 troops to reinforce 10,000 already there
Poland has vowed to 'defend Europe' from a 'migrant invasion' unleashed by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko whose forces have coerced more than 1,000 refugees to smash through the border.
Desperate migrants gathered at the Belarusian frontier with Poland on Monday, attempting to hack down barbed-wire fence only to meet a phalanx of Polish guards who forced them back with pepper spray.
Middle Eastern and African migrants have been flown into Belarus by Lukashenko, using them as human cannon fodder in his battle with the EU, the US and Britain,
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said: 'The Polish government is determined and we will defend the security of our country and the entire EU, respecting our international obligations and bearing in mind, above all, the interests of the state and the safety of Polish soldiers, Border Guard officers and citizens.'
Warsaw called today's action 'an invasion' and declared it was sending 12,000 troops to reinforce 10,000 already stationed along the frontier.
Polish soldiers were seen pepper-spraying the migrants from behind a barbed-wire barrier as the desperate people tried to hack it down with branches and spades.
At other sections of the line, small children were held up by desperate parents who pleaded with the Polish forces to let them through, while others chanted: 'Germany,' renowned for its hospitality towards refugees.
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A NATO official called the use of migrants ‘a hybrid tactic’, meaning a combined military-political operation, and said: ‘NATO stands ready to further assist our allies, and maintain safety and security in the region’.
Poland’s Secret Service minister Stanislaw Zaryn said there was ‘between 3,000 and 4,000 people in the vicinity of the Polish border.’
‘Migrants, and subsequent transports arrive in Belarus from Arab countries. - Polish borders are attacked in an organized manner, we will strengthen forces,’ he said.
The former President of the European Community has now called upon NATO to help with the mounting crisis on Poland’s border with Belarus.
Donald Tusk said Poland should consider triggering Article 4 of the Nato treaty, under which all member states are obliged to meet to examine issues of mutual concern including threats to territorial integrity, political independence or security.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Tusk who is the leader of Poland’s main opposition party Platforma Obywatelska said he was ‘very concerned about what is happening today and what will probably happen in the hours to come on our eastern border.’
He added: ‘Our relations with our eastern neighbour are about to deteriorate even further.
‘What is most important is perhaps to consider whether we should trigger Nato’s Article 4 if our border is under direct threat from physical pressure with Belarusian involvement, and I mean Belarusian state services.’
Charities say the migrants face gruelling conditions while trying to cross the border from Belarus, enduring freezing weather and a lack of food, water and medical attention.
There are more than a thousand people in the group of refugees near the border with Poland, including many women and children, reported RIA Novosti after speaking with Belarusian border guards.
The border guards said that migrants ‘do not pose a threat yet,’ but their statements came amid reports that Lukashenko was sending heavily armed riot police towards the border.
‘At the moment, a large group of refugees with belongings are moving along the road to the border with Poland,’ said the Belarusian border committee in a statement.
Meanwhile, Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk said on Polish public radio this weekend: ‘Belarus wants to cause a major incident, preferably with shots fired and casualties.
Translation: “It’s working like a charm in the US. Let’s destabilize eastern Europe now.”
Pepper spray will not cut it. Poland needs tear gas machines that blow it right at the would be invaders. Hose them down with that stuff!
Is this how WWIII starts? Forcing countries to admit illegal immigrants?
Don’t see many around here signing up to fight under FJB after the last fiasco.
Until the targeted countries start live fire to control their borders, nothing will change.
Nope. That war starts in Jerusalem.
Pepper spray? Those Polish are smart.
Get em all.out back to their hell holes
I wonder who is behind this?
I wonder who is behind this?
They should use “Liquid Ass” instead of pepper spray. Just saying.
Eastern Europe will never forget Muslim tyranny.
Afghanistan has lots of room for lots of lambs.
Think of the traditional Irish lifestyle.
“Middle Eastern and African people have been flown into Belarus and ferried to border by Lukashenko’s men”
They didn’t get to Belarus on Belarusian money.
Most of these gatecrashers come from countries that kicked the Brits out.
I have no sympathy for these gatecrashers.
Who the heck flew them to Belarus? Whey didn’t Lukashenko order them to turn right around and fly them back?
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