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Poland Finishes Border Wall With Belarus to Prevent Illegal Migration
In addition, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, together with top security officials, visited the border zone, AtoZSerwisPlus.pl reports.
Authorities in Poland consider the building of the wall as part of the fight against Russia. At the same time, according to human rights defenders, it represents a huge double standard, with groups of white Christian refugees from Ukraine welcomed while male Muslims from Syria and other countries are rejected and maltreated.
“The first sign of the war in Ukraine was Alexander Lukashenko’s attack on the Polish border with Belarus. However, it was thanks to our political foresight and the anticipation of what may happen that we may focus now on helping Ukraine, which is fighting to protect its sovereignty,” Morawiecki pointed out in this regard, as reported by AP.
Earlier this year, authorities in Poland announced that they started building the metal wall on Tolcza, the neighbouring village with Belarus. The €348-million-wall was planned to be five and a half metres high and 186 kilometres long, covering nearly half of the total border length, while it is equipped with thermal-imaging cameras as well as motion sensors.
However, it has been reported that it still needs an electronic surveillance system to be installed.
Besides, on July 1, authorities in Poland announced that they decided to lift the state of emergency introduced along the border with Belarus.
Such rules were introduced following the building of the wall with its neighbouring country Belarus, in order to prevent illegal migration.
Recently, authorities in Belarus announced that they abolished the visa requirement for Poles, describing the new changes as a good neighbourly gesture.
The Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko, introduced such a decision for a six months period, taking into account the report of Belarus’ National Border and Guard Committee.
Belarus has often been accused of facilitating illegal migration and thus attempting to destabilise the block, but such accusations were denied by Lukashenko.
In order to stop the instrumentalisation of migrants, the European Union Foreign Ministry previously stressed that it would further expand sanctions introduced on Belarus as part of the effort to help Belarus’ neighbouring countries, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia manage the influx of migrants that they received from Belarus.