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'I am scared': Messages of regret and warnings from migrants on the Belarus-Poland border
Sky news ^ | 18 November 2021 | sky news

Posted on 11/18/2021 7:41:32 AM PST by Cronos

"Take it from me, please don’t come... it’s bad here."

This is one of hundreds of messages sent by migrants

"To those who are saying 'the border is open', it's not open. It's a lie," another migrant urges. "Smugglers are spreading these rumours."

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Many come from Iraq and Syria, with a number of Iraqi Kurds among them.

...Messages shared on social media show some migrants are scared, tired and regret having attempted the journey.

The texts also show those selling visas to Belarus have hiked up their prices in an attempt to capitalise on the migrant rush.

Migrants have spent thousands attempting to reach the EU, with some claiming they were attacked during their journey.

One man says: "Take it from me, please don't come and join everyone... It's bad here. I paid [smuggler's name] 4000 euros (£3,357) and I failed to cross.

"On top of that, we were beaten."

In a different chat, a man makes the same claim: "The Belarusian army started to beat anyone who comes near the wire."

Returning home is on the minds of many, as one man explains: "I wish that I didn't come. I paid 3800 euros (£3190) and I have spent a thousand while I've been here. Now I will need to pay 800 euros(£670) for my return ticket home."

The mood has changed and many are resigned. Some believe the moment to make the dash into Europe has passed. They blame those who arrived before them and alongside them.

"The mass gatherings have ruined everything for us," one man complains. "If people didn't gather as they are now, tens of thousands would have crossed easily. We have lost the opportunity."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: migration
Lukashenko thought he would be able to cow the west into easing sanctions on his regime
1 posted on 11/18/2021 7:41:32 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Poland should enact vlad tepes border controls


2 posted on 11/18/2021 7:42:18 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Cronos

Psywar.... hmmmmm


3 posted on 11/18/2021 7:49:15 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Cronos
Lukashenko thought he would be able to cow the west into easing sanctions on his regime

He's certainly made the EU look bad, and encouraged polish and hungarian nationalists to organize further to push back against globalism and open-borders.

That Lukashenko has made a strategic issue of illegal migrants in the EU IMHO is ultimately a good thing.

4 posted on 11/18/2021 7:50:49 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Cronos

Boo effin’ hoo.
They can stay in their own countries.


5 posted on 11/18/2021 7:51:52 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Cronos

Maybe they’ll regret trying to invade somebody else’s country.


6 posted on 11/18/2021 7:54:33 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Cronos
"I wish that I didn't come. I paid 3800 euros (£3190) and I have spent a thousand while I've been here. Now I will need to pay 800 euros(£670) for my return ticket home."

Norah O'Donnell over at CBS said they were refugees from fighting in the Middle East, not immigrants with credit cards.

7 posted on 11/18/2021 8:04:17 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Cronos

They are illegal to start with. Breaking up foreign-sponsored riots and landing the Ryanair jet, where for the latter official Western story proved to be a 100% hoax and forgotten isn’t the ground for sanctions.

In this case, there are talks between Germany and Belarus where the minimum number of migrants is getting accepted into Germany, the rest returned to the Middle East.

Poland will end up with bad publicity regarding the treatment of these people and it is all.


8 posted on 11/18/2021 8:10:14 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: Cronos

Lukashenko is a weird dude. Last of the old Soviet leaders. Except for Biden of course.


9 posted on 11/18/2021 8:12:03 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Cronos
Lies, lies and propaganda, fed and funded by Soros and his evil NGOs.

And very few of these people are Kurds. That is a new lie they started promoting last week to increase sympathy. 90% are Afghan and Syrian males.

10 posted on 11/18/2021 8:12:32 AM PST by montag813
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To: Little Ray

Exactly...their decision to illegally try to invade another nation........I have no empathy for those who brought any of their suffering on themselves.


11 posted on 11/18/2021 10:12:42 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: mrmeyer

Poland should enact vlad tepes border controls
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YES! Sharpen up the pikes and stack ‘em on the border for immediate use!


12 posted on 11/18/2021 10:37:42 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: PGR88

That Lukashenko has made a strategic issue of illegal migrants in the EU IMHO is ultimately a good thing.
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Best thing to have happened in any EU country since BREXIT!


13 posted on 11/18/2021 10:41:04 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: caww

Don’t let them weaponize our compassion against us.


14 posted on 11/18/2021 11:25:34 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Cronos

It sounds like blasting them with a fire hose in near-freezing weather really works.


15 posted on 11/18/2021 12:43:39 PM PST by Blogatron (I don’t know how to be less white, but I do know how to buy less Coke.)
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To: PGR88

That Lukashenko has made a strategic issue of illegal migrants in the EU IMHO is ultimately a good thing.
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Best thing to have happened in any EU country since BREXIT!


16 posted on 11/18/2021 1:42:23 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: mac_truck

Norah O’Donnell over at CBS said they were refugees from fighting in the Middle East, not immigrants with credit cards.
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Skank is reputed to be a hardcore Communist.


17 posted on 11/18/2021 2:49:52 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: PGR88

He’s certainly made the EU look bad, and encouraged polish and hungarian nationalists to organize further to push back against globalism and open-borders.
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Exposes the little cabal of tyrants in Brussels that is attempting to destroy the culture and values of the West.


18 posted on 11/18/2021 2:55:13 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat
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