Poland 'illegally' pushed migrants back into Belarus - BBC News

Thousands of migrants have crossed into Poland from Belarus since July, and the country has already laid more than 150km of barbed wire coils along its border to stop them.

Poland, Latvia and Lithuania have all declared a state of emergency, with Lithuania in the process of building a 4m-high metal fence along its border with Belarus.

Amnesty International say it is illegal to force migrants back who are trying to claim asylum.

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, MEP for the Law and Justice Party of Poland called the migrants "fake asylum seekers".

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[ericlovelace]

Try walking in to the bbc studio's uninvited and see how far you get before their security tells you to get out and stay out.

[Falconetti]

Poland is absolutely a wonderful country. I Love that they isnt so politically correct and fight for christian values in comparisson to idiot germany

[demigod]

The quote : "Poland illegally pushed back migrants"
The reality : "Poland pushed back illegal migrants"

[niclasandaima]

Huge respect for Poland. They are one of the few who stand up to EU

[eloybox]

1:02 "Poland has an obligation.." NO Poland's obligation is to serve the Polish people!!

[ingmarbolinger]

No Poland has a duty to protect its borders

[Jerry]

Poland setting the standard for all countries, proud of you Poland. UK watch and learn.

[AK-vrel]

Poland has an obligation to protect its own citizens first

[Sassar]

Is it illegal for us to push squatters out of our homes, or we can only ask them very nicely to leave?

[peterj]

Wow, so they "illegally" crossed into Poland and Poland " illegally" pushed them back. I consider that fair. Everything is good.

[grzegorzp]

We fight for our country, culture and family.

[MD-kydt]

Poland is fighting for peace in the EU countries. Bravo.

[RustyTube]

If Lukašenko has invited them to Belarus, then Lukašenko should grant them asylum in Belarus.

[robertmahler]

Poland and Hungary can teach the rest of the EU a few lessons about doing what is necessary to maintain their border. Bravo Poland!
Watch and learn UK, France, Germany, Scandinavia, etc...

[Martek]

I'm not sure if I should give a thumb up for Poland doing the right thing or thumb down for BBC bad reporting

[lumpek]

As usual, Poland is saving Europe and setting an example to the world. episode 2137 season 966. And at the end, as usual, Poland will be left alone to die

[evgenileongard]

God bless Poland! Finally there is a country in EU who has desire and readiness to protect its European identity!

[Wodens-Wolf]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 bravo Poland government for actually defending your own borders and people. Wish we in GB had a government with the same kind of commitment.

[michaelclark]

No terrorism in Poland ever... what does that tell you.

[TRXN]

Good for Poland.
I wish we’d do the bloody same