Europe to receive millions of migrants
Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki has warned that Europe will receive of an influx of "millions" of migrants if border policies remain lax. Speaking in an interview with German tabloid Bild, he said that he did not rule out the danger of war in view of developments on the Polish-Belarusian border. He said if they are not able to keep out thousands of immigrants now, soon there would be hundreds of thousands, millions, coming towards Europe. And if they don't decisively protect and defend the borders in Europe, hundreds of millions from Africa or the Middle East would try to come to Europe and especially to Germany.
Morawiecki described the situation at the Belarusian border, where thousands of migrants are trying to reach the EU country of Poland, as stable with a growing risk. Around 900 migrants on the border with Poland have spent the night from Wednesday to Thursday outdoors for the 11th consecutive day despite the low temperatures. They tried to warm themselves at campfire sites and many of them complained of breathing difficulties due to the smoke from the fires. Due to threaten of rain, the Belarusian authorities want to prepare more emergency shelters.
Meanwhile, humanitarian aid for the stranded migrants in Belarus is being expanded, a field kitchen has been set up at the sleeping camp to provide people hot meals and drinks. Until now, migrants were sometimes left empty-handed after food distribution. According to the Polish Ministry of Defence, a group of around one hundred migrants tried to break through the border barrier near the village of Dubicze Cerkiewne on Wednesday night but didn't succeed. Morawiecki said he was pleased to have the support of Germany and other NATO states. Now a joint declaration by Poland, Lithuania and Latvia could follow and it is not yet known what Belarus and Russia were planning. It is also possible that the crisis on the border is only meant to distract from new military attacks that Russian President, Vladimir Putin is preparing in Ukraine.
