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o. dog in the middle, thousands of migrants who are trying to cross from bella ruth to poland. european leaders accused minsk of news in the split leverage. burrows says you country that behaving in humanely pool. when the tug of war and at what price, this is inside. ah hello and welcome to the show. i am sammy's aid and the path behind them is blocked by bella luce and poland says they can't come in. thousands of refugees aren't

trapped between those countries. as they try to make their journey further into europe, poland accuses bella luce, of using the refugees as political pawns, by the russian officials deny those allegations. they blamed poland for the refugees dire situation. while the route is threatening to crate, another migrant crisis on the continent, the european union is now threatening even more sanctions against the by the russian government funded geiger reports. i'm trapped between the woods and highway in belarus. these people have been walking towards the polish border, anxious to enter the european union. criminal on the other side, polish security forces in riot gear, part of the while 1000 that have been stationed there, guarding the front here. preventing hundreds of refugees and migrants from

breaching the border, but it is a dead log that risks igniting into another migration crisis. on the doorstep of the you. for months, thousands have been entering the block through bella. ruth, at 1st via lithuania and latvia, now mainly through poland. the eu has accused belarus in leader, alexander lucas shanker. of orchestrating wave upon wave of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. in retaliation they say, for sanctions it imposed on his government over its violent crackdowns on the opposition court. in the middle of this brinkman ship, those attempting to escape the harsh conditions. they find themselves in with no shelter and being steered towards poland by bela risky and state border officials. some had taken the chance of the hearing that bella was in travel agents was selling these invitations to the you only to find themselves surviving for weeks in the forest. the border, poland, and belarus. give us the cuts are they?

they provide everything then. but when you say when, when you said to them, ok, i want to go to men take, i want to go, i want to go back to my country. so then they said, no, you go to go on, they put the gun to our heads. when we were, when, when we said we need to go to minutes and so far, opponents, nationalist government has refused help from the use frontier agency. despite reports by polish border guards of hostile behavior and threats from better received forces. for those stuck in this no man's land, there is no guarantee how long they will have to face the elements with little access to food and water. human porn between 2 hostile neighbors. funny guy. yeah, go al jazeera or most migrants trying to cross from bella luce, into europe, come from the middle east and africa. they've mainly attempted to pass through

poland, latvia in lithuania, to reach the rest of the continent. the migrants are reportedly being helped by bel russian authorities to get to the border with the e. u. after flying in to minsk, poland beefed up its security and is accused of violating the international right to asylum by pushing migrants back into better. ruth rights groups have criticized poland and barrows for that treatment of the migrants who are dealing with cold temperatures, the lack of food and medical help. the let's bring in our guests into the show. now i have joining us from warsaw liliana me f. she's the director of analysis at the war for institute in moscow. big ole bitches lead experts at the center for actual politics and the brussels p. s a. clap a is editor of brussels report dot e. you. welcome to all, let's start with liliana. so what is the perspective from warsaw?

do they see that batteries is deliberately using these migrant support political pressure on countries like poland says well, i would like to thank you for the invitation to the program and directly answering the question yes, yes. using good. those people in the european 1st of all, poland has always been working pretty well. i've been shown by our friends and will be friends. if i may liliana present to the perspective from better if they say countries like poland have actually created this crisis because they're not observing. humane treatment and reception of potential refugees and migrants who just want a safe place in europe. of course, of course, but there are. 5 legal ways to enter the european union

employee here. they can try to get to know what to mean. we are trying to head the people. but if it's not possible in this case, because of the hybrid war and that this is regina will be using those people to try to different billing cycle here. let me take that perspective to moscow big. what do you make of the suggestions that ready bell russian authorities have created this crisis is some kind of political payback because of the dispute between the e u. countries like poland and bella. ruth, well, we have to look back a little more than a year to see where the roads of this crisis lie. so means the look of shock because of the billows believes that poland

and the list when you played a role in the campaign to deal with. jetta myers him, including on the european continent within the e. u after the elections last year that were falsified in his favor. and so he, he is this as way back. and the object of this action continue to get action with migrants from the middle east, passing through bell russian territory into the e. you, the object of this is to show if i could be here as well the way it is. but also the report suggests that these are not simply people who are passing through. but the claims, at least from countries like poland and lithuania, is that the russian authorities have been actively organizing,

facilitating helping these people to come to minutes and then bust them to the border. this is not a case they say of been a rational fallacy, simply caught in the middle. of course, this is, this involves essentially, sponsoring the movement of these migrants from the middle east, from iraq, for example, through a bill or russian theory, tory and, and then providing routes for them to enter you countries with when you and paul. and of course, if the bill of russian authorities did not want this to happen, it would simply not happen. there is no question about it. and so the reason behind that is that the rational storage is, wants to show the duplicity the suppose at the places here of the pollution with when you have to where it is. so worse and the news spoke

a lot about human rights violations in bill or was last year and this year. so biller was, wants to create. this is creating these incidents to show that poland and with when you themselves are violating the rights of these migrants. that want to come through bill was into polish and with william territory. and so bill is actively using what is happening at the border and what is happening in the temporary my migrant camps for its information campaign, both domestically and the and the campaign that it's waging as far as foreign countries are concerned. but in you. but if bill was ever here, then you hopes of this. 2 modify leading to a modification or a softening of economic or political things should get

a sanctions against music. this would simply not work for you. let me jump in a year. and we will, we do want to guess what the impact will be in the end. but before we get to that point, i want to bring her into the discussion. yes, it all we really looking at a situation in the 21st century of basically human beings. many of them women and children, perhaps even refugees being used as political pull those pay back because of a political dispute between countries that they have nothing to do with. well, i'm afraid that's indeed the case. and if there were any doubts that the boorish regime was involved, i think yesterday you could see the images of, i think a few 1000 people being escorted to the border so. so, i mean, it's sort of, i think, hard to deny for brother is now that it is indeed an instrumental icing migration.

and surely these people have been lured to better as with all kinds of false false promises. now the question is, what to do about this? now i think on the short term or the european union can do is to tell the airlines that are bringing these people from the middle east to minsk that they are no longer allowed to operate in the u. as long as they fly on mince, i mean, of course, only for a short period, but that will definitely end this, this little scheme. that is, i think no longer just hybrid warfare is actually bordering on on warfare when you see the images. and it looks indeed like the russian regime is deliberately looking and craving for for some violence. so. ready so let's hope everybody keeps keeps at school because that's very important to us. certainly has. the issue has the issue

. once again shown a crisis on your board, is that the e you is struggling to deal with. it's struggling to come up with a coherent policy that kind of the one hand satisfy those concerns about national sovereignty and borders. but also balance that with respect for international obligations, towards receiving people who shop water and say, hey, we need protection, we have kids, we have women. well of course, legally it's, it's doubtful whether these people can, can claim to come from a non safe country given that they voluntarily went to, to belarus. i mean, the same issues were play with when you had the issue between turkey and greece. now the thing is fundamentally, the european union does not properly control its borders. and the reason is that if you as an irregular migrant issue managed to,

to enter you territory, even if you are denied asylum, there's a very low chance that you will be send back. and i think that study does a core issue here. and this is now being abused by autocrats at europe's borders. and there are several ways of trying to deal with that. one of it is what denmark and united kingdom are not trying to do which is to, to sort of our source southern processing. it's very hard, but i think if the whole, if this would be taken up at the u level, than the id to sort of allow people to apply for a silent in the region. and then one that when they get to, yes they, they can, they can come to europe. if not, they are, you know, repair rate. it's from europe to, to death perception center. i mean that,

that kind of a system could indeed settle the situation, but you've opened them all about taking it up your words. we're taking it up to the level. going to come back to you in a moment about that. but before we go that far, i want to bring in the leanna and ask this question. who's winning the game so far? leanna? well, i was cheated right now, which is why the table phone has been laid out. very nice. so we are able to manage it on our own, but i think no may be true. we will need more more help from your all to me. so bad feel part. i think all the countries understand the ways that the name of the migrants during my friend, belgium. so we, we are picking the ball that we also taking it. so

i think that that should be stripped out. and also why we should also remember about the european union by team online last year. so right now you're, you're arguing with people. i'm not right, so. # really it's not happening in a minor just sending those poor people to their will he prevail with his policies produce any softening of the e. u line or role back of the sanctions which were imposed in june and so on. i think that there's the lack of the common lawyer into your opinion about you know, personally, i don't hear any discussion with

there is. so in this case i don't see any or young to be in a normal way in for example, european union. let me bring in vixen because you had something to comment on. didn't you about that your analysis, victor? is that basically this will back foreign minsk? well, it actually makes bill or was a singular loser in the situation because 1st of all, there is little chance to put it mildly that the european union is going to soften the sanctions regime. that it introduced the guest bill that it was following last year's force for the elections. and so if man's care, then you doubts about that the last few months as this migrant crisis has preceded the fever every that in fact the, for anything,

the european union or specific european union countries are likely to introduce even crusher sanctions against the misc. at the same time, ah, and so the question arises is this is the economic and political damage wars, the information campaign that bill says waging the up again, the campaign that's, that's a question for the bill. russian authorities to answer. but there is another interesting winner in this situation, and that's in the way russia, because as the economic for shows of billows, decline because of man's position towards this crisis, including this crisis. so does the russian influencing economic influence in, in billers increase? because bill was, has to get the resources that it was getting from the

e u a through the 2nd relations with you countries, it has to somehow get it to get those resources somewhere else. and basically look shanker at this point. can point, can ask for those sources in russia and to some degree in china with which villa was, has a fairly good, but it could save pretty good relations. and of course, the main sponsor in the last few years has been russia. so essentially this crisis is. 2 weakening or he's continued to weaken a lucas shanker, even though perhaps he believed in the beginning that it would strength of him. ok, so a weakening of look at shanker, perhaps p. s. or also. is there a weakening of a you influence? as victor pointed out that perhaps russian influence increases. you said an

important sentence a moment ago about whether there would be any action on the e you level to take this matter off the thing to let the latest statements out of the e u commission. it seems clear when they say, you know, this is a, this is up to the national competence to deal with. it doesn't sound like there's a lot of political will at the e u level to get involved with, with this at least at the level of trying to sort out how you handle people at the borders. right. well, i'm not so sure to be honest. of course, when it comes to border protection, that is a national competence and it should stay a national competence. i don't think we need like a big bureaucracy or from tx even i don't think they couldn't do much good, frankly. but while dear p union can do is to, for example, tackle this trait aspect of this particular crushes the fact that all the airlines

are transporting people from the middle east to, to europe. and you see a hardening of the stance. austria was traditionally one of the more that said though, vish numbers states towards belarus and they have no hardened their stands. i think we have to really make a distinction between sanctions or intended to punish autocrats for domestic abuse. and typically those sanctions are not very, very successful and other kinds of measures that are needed to sort of protect the integrity of, of the, of the european union. so borders and we're talking about the, the 2nd set of measures now. and i think if this continues, all you member states will no doubt that they will need to take action that they will basically put an end to disc. chaos so, so indeed,

i don't think lucas shinkel or will emerge as the as the winner here of course it's possible that domestically dismay, strengthen his position. unfortunately, that for dictators, do they stir up some trouble abroad in order to sort of have the radi around the flag effect. but then looking at the massive protest we've seen embarrass, could make that really navigation for some of the countries who are dealing with this issue too that they have right when governments that see a political interest for them in rallying that public opinion around the sort of anti migrant and refugee stance right. well of course the polish government will also use this to increase his popularity, but mean installed the polish government that is flying in people from the middle east to to then force them to the border. this is all a consequence of factious taken by the regime in minsk.

let me bring in indiana again off this question. is it really a win for countries like poland? if lucas shank has weakened but they expand the benefit of countries like russia is that much comfort walsall? oh, well yeah. one me, oh well, and i just like to comment a on the previous thing for me from russell and i said, well i think that this issue should be completely unbelievable. you know, because we should know, said as well, right, when government is doing something and on the other things, you know, we are protecting our goal this and that should be fine. number one, in a little jump in and tell you what a lot of human rights groups are saying,

you know, a couple of 1000, mostly women and children aren't exactly a huge security threat to the continent of europe. all they, yes. wow. i mean, they could be a, you know, humane way to deal with this. even if you know, was hold, doesn't want to have to deal with people being shipped in special a poor are, we are dealing with those people and we want to help them. and this is their responsibility, all 4 of the parents who are taking those children from like a huge tree which also cost a lot of money. everyone knows every person in the middle east, not every person in iraq disabled, paid such a huge amount of money. so this is also the thing that should be stressed out here . and of course, um, such usage of people as a went on in such a conflict in such a hybrid ward,

i think it's the 1st one in modern history. so yeah, i completely agree that it shouldn't be a, you know, like this, not we, as the country, we need to for the voters. all right, we're not, i wish we made that change or you made that point loud and clear. i'm afraid we are out of time, so we're gonna have to end it there. let's thank our guests very much liliana victor and peter. and thank you too for watching. you can see the show again, any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion head over to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. can also join the conversation on twitter. our handle there is a j inside story from me, sam is a bad and the whole team here for now is good bye.

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