Treatment of migrants in Belarus is tantamount to human trafficking
The use of migration for political purposes by Belarus is tantamount to human smuggling or human trafficking, according to statements by the European Union and EU member states, which Ukraine has also achieved.
According to a Ukrinform correspondent in New York, the statement was made public at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on Friday.
“I am struggling at this time with widely used migration in the fields,” the authors note. – This practice is equivalent to human smuggling or human trafficking. It uses the pro-cynicism of the Belarusian regime, which endangers human life and health, to divert attention from human rights violations and brutal repression in the country. “
The authors of the document strongly condemn “this inhuman and unacceptable treatment” and reject “any attempts by third countries to use human trafficking, migration or human trafficking.”
The signed statements called on the “Belarusian regime” to end this practice and other hybrid threats to human life and health, including the permanent blocking of access to humanitarian aid.
as it turned out migration crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border lasts from August. Poland accuses Belarus of deliberately creating migratory pressure on the EU, in which Russia is involved.
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