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Tens of Afghans pushed back to Belarus violently at the border

Tens of Afghans pushed back to Belarus violently at the border

October 21, 2021
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Tens of Afghans pushed back to Belarus violently at the border

Human Lives Human Rights: Human Rights organizations are deeply concerned about reports that 17 out of the 32 Afghans stuck on the Poland-Belarus border since August 2021 have been forcibly pushed back to Belarus after attempting to cross the barbed wire fence towards Poland.

Polish authorities admit that “direct coercion measures” have been used against people from the group who tried to cross the fence.

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A video shared by the Belarusian authorities, shows people crossing the border in the Usnarz Górny area.

According to the Polish organization Fundacja Ocalenie, a group of 17 people, including at least one minor, were violently apprehended after crossing the fence towards Poland today.

They were then detained in a border guard station in Poland and subsequently pushed back to Belarus by the Polish authorities.

A digital investigation by a non governmental organization had already shown that the same group had been subjected to a suspected forced return in August.

This group of Afghan people has been held in abysmal conditions at the Polish-Belarus border for two months now.

This violence and pushback to Belarus is a slap in the face of international law and the human right to seek asylum.

The move blatantly disregards a European Court of Human Rights ruling instructing Polish authorities to assist the group and banning the authorities from returning the group to Belarus, so long as they are in Poland.

Background:

On 25 August, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Poland to provide this group of 32 Afghans with “food, water, clothing, adequate medical care and, if possible, temporary shelter”.

On 27 September, the Court extended the order “until further notice” and also ordered that as long as the group were on Polish territory, they should not be returned to Belarus.

Despite that, the group was returned to Belarus under a Polish ministerial decree of August 2020 which establishes that, except for people falling under certain categories, those intercepted in the border area must leave Poland and be “returned to the state border line”.

The Polish border has been under a state of emergency since 2 September, and therefore out of bounds for journalists, MPs and activists.

The Polish government has shown immense cruelty in attempting to legitimize illegal pushbacks of people seeking asylum at their border.

EU and international law is crystal clear on this, it is unlawful to summarily return people who cross a border irregularly without an assessment of their circumstances.

Human Rights organizations call on Poland’s government to end pushbacks, repeal the amendment about the border closure, and to ensure those seeking protection can safely access its territory.

Tags: BelarusborderEUFundacja OcaleniePolandUsnarz Górny

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