UN urges Belarus, Poland to manage ‘shocking’ line circumstance

Following meetings with transients and evacuees in Poland escaping Belarus subsequent to being compelled to cross the line, the UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday approached the two nations to direly address the “shocking circumstance”, reports Anadolu Agency.

Belarus has wouldn’t permit authorities of the UN Rights Office to visit the boundary region, office representative Liz Throssell told a question and answer session.

While Poland permitted one of its groups to visit the country from November 29 to December 3, Throssell said it was not allowed to enter the confined Polish boundary region where the human show is unfurling. “Those met portray critical conditions on the two sides of the line,” he said.

The larger part asserted that while in Belarus they were beaten or undermined by security powers, who likewise constrained them to cross the boundary, “training them when and where to cross.”

The powers kept individuals from intersecting the line and getting back to Minsk, the nation’s capital, she said.

A few interviewees claimed that Belarusian security powers requested extravagant measures of cash for food and water, she said.

“Our group likewise heard various reports of individuals being quickly and consequently got back to Belarus from Poland, including youngsters and people who said they had mentioned worldwide assurance.”

Gotten some information about line passings, Throssell referred to an International Organization for Migration (IOM) figure of 21 passings along the Belarus-EU line in 2021.

Given the frantic predicament of transients and displaced people at the boundary, the UN Human Rights Office encouraged the two nations to “earnestly address this horrifying circumstance.”