Summary
Poland is facing accusations of widespread human rights abuses at its Belarus border, including violent pushbacks of migrants who are later subjected to torture by Belarusian forces.
Despite these allegations, the EU allocated €52 million to Poland for border enforcement. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has maintained harsh migration policies, refusing to implement the EU Migration Pact requirements.
Rights groups warn that Brussels’ reluctance to confront Poland sets a dangerous precedent, with Oxfam stating: “The EU must stop bankrolling this pushback policy.”
Yeah, if I squint hard enough it does seem like Poland defending their border makes them the inhuman ones. Kinda in the same way Ukraine started the war by being invaded.
At least that’s what I see with my Putin-colored glasses.
It’s hard turning down people actually looking for a better life, but then again Poland has made their stance on it pretty clear, avoiding the mass migration and refugee issues other countries like Germany have.
Germany is doing fine. They are suffering massively from a propaganda campaign that paints migrants & refugees to be the ultimate scapegoat for everything that’s going wrong in their country, but that’s about it.
Poland isn’t exactly a beacon of humanity, they have a massive problem with racism, hatred of Jews and Muslims specifically, and with anti-LBTQ violence. The pushbacks no matter if in Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, they are brutal and can be deadly.
It’s an absolute shame for European society that other human beings can be weaponized due to us being so incredibly racist.
Propaganda war is stronger than ever. I wonder how much “article” like this costs.
Political environment doesnt justify human rights violations. We have these rules for a reason and if we start breaking them already before the war even starts, then we might as well surrender.
Also since when does Germany have a refugee issue? Has someone listened to too much right wing propaganda?
That’s if this article is actually corroborated by truth and not subject to bias based on “allegations”, and to me I often question Politico’s thirst for clickbait titles. If so, yeah, Poland should be held accountable like anybody else, but until then I don’t blame them for not wanting to accept people from Belarus, a nation heavily influenced by Russia. Especially in current times.
Has someone listened too much to actual regime propaganda? Because I remain critical of any sources telling me what to think.
Do bother replying if you must for the sake of your pride, but know that I don’t engage in petty arguments or pissing contests.
This is not some super fresh disputed news topic, its well documented and has been happening everywhere on the eastern european borders for years. I have friends and family who have personally seen the violence inflicted by the soldiers and police that carry out these pushbacks with batons and attack dogs and guns. There is plenty of victim witnesses and video evidence.
Now your personal accounting based on proximity to the matter is something I believe more than mainstream media.
Thank you for your perspective, as that sort of behavior by the border law enforcement is not correct.
Individual experience carries little weight in my opinion. The evidence does and there is plenty of it and many articles over the years covering it: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/08/culture-of-impunity-across-eu-over-violence-against-migrants-ngo-warns
Euronews is a company under majority ownership of the Hungarian dictator Victor Orban, so if even they report it this way im pretty confident the evidence is quite damning.
For good measure some AP https://apnews.com/article/europe-treaties-united-nations-europe-european-mass-migration-crisis-698431db3975c8e5e018400cbad03a35
Defending their border from… unarmed migrants?