Forced deportation and the cold of winter, An unknown fate awaits refugees at Europe's borders

On the Belarusian border, between Italy and France, or across the English Channel, the flow of migrants continues in difficult conditions, exacerbated by the approach of winter and the intention of European countries to legitimize forced deportation.

For weeks, the Belarus border has known a large influx of refugees and migrants heading to its neighbors in the European Union, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Faced with this reality, the three countries decided to legitimize forced deportation, at a time when voices in the European Parliament are calling to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe, adding to what they already suffer from the scourge of cold and hunger.

On the other hand, as the European winter approaches, the conditions of other migrants who have managed to cross the European borders are not better. Where they suffer the same infernal conditions on the border between France and Italy, or face death by drowning in the Channel Channel in ransom for a game in which Macron wants to blackmail his northern neighbor.

Forced deportation and refusal to receive

For weeks, the Belarusian-Polish border has been experiencing a large influx of asylum seekers in the European Union. A tragedy, according to what observers said, was provoked by the hostility between Brussels and Lukashenko's government in Minsk.

What is new in the case is the consideration by the three border countries with Belarus of approving the law of forcible deportation of these refugees towards the borders from which they crossed. Last October, Poland mobilized thousands of soldiers on the border, erected a barbed wire fence and imposed a three-month state of emergency in the border area, which journalists and humanitarian organizations are prohibited from entering.

On the other hand, voices have risen within the European Parliament denouncing this tragic reality that the three countries insist on imposing on the ground. And European MP said the coalition of the Greens, Tenki Strick, said that "the European Commission to be firm about the countries of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia to Thoudha to move forward in the adoption of those measures."

Strick added that there are serious concerns that these countries will set an example for other EU member states. In conjunction with the actions of the three European countries, German civil society organizations decided to take the lead, rescue a group of refugees from the hell of the border and transfer them to the country.

In a statement on Friday, November 5, 2021, the organizations "Siebrücke Deutschland" and "Life nun and Behind" said that activists in Germany are planning to drive a bus to Poland to collect the migrants with the aim of bringing them to Germany. They added that they had asked the Ministry of the Interior to "ensure that the bus is given permission on the return trip to bring the refugees safely to Germany as a sign of European solidarity."

And the German Ministry of the Interior responded, through its spokesman, Steffi Alter, in statements to the German news agency that "unauthorized transportation and any entry without permission may lead to legal consequences," adding that announcing the procedure at an early time will not change anything in this regard, stressing The relevant EU regulations must be observed.

Hell between France and Italy

Another tragedy experienced by migrants inside the European Union is the approach of the harsh winter with the scarcity of shelters on the border between Italy and France. This is what Physicians for Human Rights raised the alarm, describing the situation as "complex and dangerous on the Italian-French border, both in the French region of Briançon and in the Italian Aulx."

The organization explained in a statement that entire families coming through the Balkan route, as well as some migrants arriving across the Mediterranean, continue to try to cross the border at the "Montgenevere" and "Frejus" crossings to reach France, but the two reception centers on the border do not contain enough places for reception. The Melting Boat Europe website confirmed in its tweet that "winter has arrived in the region and the two centers on both sides of the border do not have enough places."

And Piero Jorza said , " in charge of the organization" Physicians for Human Rights in Piedmont Italy, the case was related to size and type, noting that " the complexity not only in the numbers, which reaches more than 1550 people in Oulx, but also in the social components for arriving persons.

He added that "the migrants passing through the valley at the moment are mainly families, and there are children, babies and pregnant women, and the danger is that the journey of these people becomes more dangerous when the temperatures drop, moreover, the number of buses and trains to other regions of France is reduced, A negative COVID-19 test is required for travel."

Meanwhile, the pressure to cross the Channel is still high, with the dispute between France and Britain intensifying over the issue of marine fishing and British financial aid to the French border police. At the beginning of last month, about 1,500 candidates for immigration to the British coasts crossed on about 40 boats, according to the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea.

This coincided with the French Minister of the Interior warning the British side of the delay in delivering the agreed financial aid to France. Last July, Britain agreed to provide a financial aid package of 63 million euros to prevent migrant boats from leaving the shores of northern France.