Thread by @ZoeJardiniere

Lukashenko could not “use migrants as weapons” if the EU did not behave as though people seeking sanctuary & to build a better life were a threat.

Turns my stomach when EU states say THEY are being threatened, while it is migrants literally dying at our closed borders #r4today

There have already been four confirmed deaths at the Belarusian border. This is what pushbacks do. They kill. Quite simply.

There is no border control defence for leaving people to die. Passing the blame to Belarus will never wash the blood from the EU’s hands for this #r4today

This is not the first despot on Europe’s periphery to use our hypocrisy against us by ferrying desperate people to our borders.

The world of militarised borders we have led the way in creating has resulted in human beings used as pawns in a deadly game no one wins 😔 #r4today

And this won’t be the last time either.

No matter how many people we push back and leave to die, there will be people who need to cross. There will be another Syria, another Afghanistan and another opportunity for Erdogan or for Lukashenko.

We need a new approach. #r4today

Border policy is one area where the humane, compassionate response is also the only one that is willing to look at reality and do what needs to be done instead of burying our heads in the sand as we burry migrants in the forrest, the desert, or the sea. #r4today