Thread by @astroehlein

While the EU & its members focus on war talk, states of emergency & barbed wire, the acute suffering of women, men & children trapped in limbo is being ignored.

New dispatch from @LydsG, who’s just been on both #Poland & #Belarus sides of the border:
hrw.org/news/2021/11/1…

To prevent further deaths, the EU and its member states need to work with #Poland to immediately ensure humanitarian access to border areas, currently off-limits to those who can help.

#Poland should also halt unlawful pushbacks of migrants to #Belarus, where they will face inhuman and degrading treatment, and instead allow them access to its asylum procedure and decent reception conditions.

For its part, #Belarus should immediately halt its abuse against migrants, facilitate humanitarian access to those on the border and allow those who wish to leave the border zone and return home to do so.

⚠️ What’s happening on the #Poland-#Belarus border is, ABOVE ALL, A HUMAN CRISIS, and those who are trapped in it desperately need a humane and mature response.

Whatever else the EU does re #Belarus, it needs to put saving human lives first.

https://twitter.com/EmmanuelleChaze/status/1458809416845873154