The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has banned Poland from expelling migrants to Belarus who are already on Polish territory. The ECHR considered 198 applications (44 – against Poland, the rest – against Latvia and Lithuania).
“In most of the applications where the applicants argued that they were in Poland and asked not to be sent back to Belarus, the court applied rule 39 and ruled that the applicants should not be expelled from Poland if they were indeed on the territory of Poland,” he said. RIA Novosti “judgment of the ECHR.
In addition to the ban on the return of refugees, the European court ordered the countries to provide some of them with water, food, clothing and medical care, and, if possible, grant them temporary asylum.
The migration crisis intensified in November due to the influx of migrants who want to get to Europe through Minsk. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that the crisis was caused by sanctions and the EU’s refusal to build refugee camps. Until March 1, Poland banned outsiders from being near the border with Belarus.
About the development of the crisis – in the material of “Kommersant” “Belarusian tune, Belarusian distance”.
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