“We got a visa from Turkey and came to Belarus,” one of the thousands of migrants at the Belarusian-Polish border told Ruptly. “How did you get a Belarusian visa?” Where; At the embassy;” the journalist asks her.
“In Ankara, Turkey. We went there and got a visa and came to Belarus. “” Yes, but where did you get the visa? ” “In Turkey” “In Turkey? So you first flew to Turkey and got a Belarusian visa there? Where; At the embassy;” “In Ankara, Turkey. We went there and got a visa and came to Belarus “” Why did you get a Belarusian visa in Ankara, not in Iraq? ” the journalist asks “(thinks) I do not know…”. “Do you currently have a Belarusian visa in your passport?” “Yes” (shows the visa)
Another immigrant tells Ruptly that he paid $ 2,600 for a visa for himself and his extended family.
‘2.600 dollars per person’ – migrants on obtaining Belarusian visa #Belarus pic.twitter.com/fu6fiSVArZ
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) November 10, 2021
At the same time, the border between Poland and Belarus is in a state reminiscent of a “siege”.
Wednesday satellite images show thousands of migrants on the Belarusian side of the border, with Polish security forces at the Kuznica border crossing closely monitoring the situation.
Donald Tusk called on European leaders to support Poland on Wednesday amid a growing immigration crisis on the country’s eastern border.
For his part, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to respond to any new European sanctions linked to the Belarussian-Polish border crisis, which Brussels blames on Minsk. .
Satellite imagery from Wednesday shows thousands of #migrants on the #Belarus side of the border, with #Poland‘s security forces at #Kuznica border crossing monitoring the situation carefully. pic.twitter.com/m6u5t6QE8W
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) November 10, 2021
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