EU may use Ukraine in migrant standoff at Polish border – German MP

The bold idea was floated on Wednesday by foreign affairs spokesman Nils Schmid for the Social Democrats (SPD) – a political force that won the most votes in September’s general election and is expected to lead Germany’s new coalition government.

Poland should allow asylum seekers currently stranded on its border with Belarus, Schmidt argued on Wednesday, as he spoke to Deutschlandfunk radio station. He said that Warsaw should stop what he described as “illegal pushback,

Asked if he feared that Poland opening its borders would create a domino effect, giving false hope to tens of thousands more desperate migrants in Belarus, the German politician said: “We need to send a clear signal that, first of all, we will treat these people according to humanitarian law, but that they are not all automatically coming to the EU,

Instead, Schmid said, the EU should tell asylum seekers “that they will be processed at the border or possibly in a third country,

The SPD officer further said that “Among the options being considered are talks with neighboring countries, such as Ukraine, to temporarily accommodate migrants and be processed there., “Plan to allow first people to enter Poland”controlled methods“And then to move them to countries outside the EU.

It comes as the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border has reached a boiling point in recent days, with 4,000 migrants, mainly from Iraq, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, making their way through razor-wire barriers and Polish encirclement. Trying to force the way. Soldiers and border guards. There has been an overwhelming response from the refugees with reports of tear gas and the use of force.

Amnesty International, UNHCR and other rights groups have accused Warsaw of violating European and international laws on migration. They argue that migrants have the right to have their asylum applications evaluated in the European Union, and in the meantime, they should be kept in suitable housing, as there is no running water, unlike the tents in which they are currently living. Several people are reported to have died in the camp.

Poland is pointing fingers at Belarus, claiming that its president, Alexander Lukashenko, is using migrants as leverage in its conflict with the EU, and describing the situation as “no less than”. Huh.hybrid warLukashenko stressed that Minsk can no longer effectively manage migrant flows and protect the EU’s external borders from new ones, as the country is subject to widespread Western sanctions.

Ukraine has stepped up security along its border with Belarus, while the country’s former foreign minister Pavel Klimkin this week called on Russia “staging a special operation“Inclusion of migrants – a claim previously rejected by Moscow”out of paleIn particular, Klimkin has urged Kiev to secure a guarantee from Brussels that the EU will stop any migrants crossing into Ukrainian territory.