Why the Belarus migrant crisis is different

And what it tells us about the EU.

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A crisis has been escalating along the border that divides Belarus and the European Union. For several weeks, thousands of migrants looking to reach the EU were trapped between Poland and Belarus, living in freezing camps with no humanitarian aid. Today, the migrants have been moved to warehouses for shelter, but this crisis isn’t over.

Since 2015, Europe has experienced several migration waves, but this one was different: This one was manufactured. Belarus lured migrants to the border to pressure the EU to lift sanctions. And while this particular crisis has started to die down, the problem isn’t going away. It’s the result of a complex EU migration policy that has opened the door to the exploitation of migrants, and until that policy is fixed, Belarus or other bordering nations could create a crisis all over again.

To understand how Belarus manufactured this crisis and the geopolitical context that allowed it to happen, watch the video above.

Further reading:

Read the Human Rights Watch report on the situation on the ground here:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/11/24/die-here-or-go-poland/belarus-and-polands-shared-responsibility-border-abuses

To explore the issues with the migration deterrence model employed by the EU, check out this report:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/233150241700500103

To explore the details of the sanctions the EU adopted against Belarus, click here:
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/sanctions/restrictive-measures-against-belarus/belarus-timeline/

You can find Migration Policy Institute’s review of the EU-Turkey deal here:
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/eu-turkey-deal-five-years-on

You can learn more about Roman Protesevich here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/world/europe/roman-protasevich.html

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