EU leaders debate Belarus 'state-sponsored smuggling' | DW News

European Union leaders have spent the last two days tackling a list of mounting challenges. An uptick in migrants crossing into the EU from non-member Belarus has sparked heated debate. Some leaders want to build more walls to control migration. Others are hoping for diplomatic solutions.
The situation is serious, Poland has ramped up border protection, but security forces are accused of conducting violent pushbacks.
The alleged actions of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko can be felt in Brussels.
EU leaders - often not on the same page when it comes to migration - did agree on several points at this summit.
The EU Commission was also tasked with proposing changes to the legal framework, to combat future challenges that they say are just a matter of time.
Commission President von der Leyen reiterated the need for a common migration and asylum policy. Fences alone won't solve the problem.

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[helenagrzegorczyk]

Forests of Poland and Lithuania? No, they are stuck in the forests of Belarus.

[jedhawkins]

Remember when Trump wanted to build a wall? And everyone called him racist

[Elderrion]

It's the external border, so, you know, slap as many walls down as you want.

[Asdfgghhhjj]

That's the problem with countries with no democracy government. Their government can be as dodgy as they like, with no opposition party to challenge them.

[majedtaleb]

Everyone criticized Trump’s wall but somehow Europe builds a border is completely fine. Speaking of hypocrisy

[anotherelvis]

We need to support Poland building a fence that can protect the outside border. Once the fence is working, Belarus will no longer leave people to die in the woods.

[MrBankrupt]

EU armies should be mobilized on the Belarusian border, we look weak when we don't do anything solid about Lukashenko and he knows it.

[Kiki-envm]

The serious problems facing Europe are energy problem, immigration, and growing despots and trampling on democratic laws yet, they are only paying lip service to all all these years and European citizens are tired of their inability to solve these issues, even half way.

[sw.]

Migration as weapon. This is blackmailing. If you let more in more will come.

[TheTilitus]

Time to build up so the EU can cut ties that force us in to situations like this.

[rpixvcs]

Well, honestly EU can't do any offensive things against Mr Putin's puppet. The things that EU can do is build a maximun security along Belarus border.

[imin]

Lukashenko also smuggling cigarrettes to EU by state owned factories.

[kelceyc]

It's what the US was doing and people thought it was unfair? But the EU does it and it's ok. 🙄

[Norbitall]

Welll… if you dont help us -Poland- to build a external EU Wall we will do it by ourselfs …..or we can open border for everyone, those people doesnt want stay in Poland ……and then tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of imigranta will go with the flow !! We try to protect !!

[thepowerofsand]

Lukashenko is literally Putins henchman, it's actually funny.
Hes like a wannabe Putin

[karlvonbahnhof]

I think, fences could solve the problem, just build two razor blade wire fences with mine field between them.

[vikramsingha]

Watch at 2x playback speed and save your time

[eclecticaro]

Are EU "leaders" still debating?

[SuperLusername]

3:05 visual representation of members of the European Council trying to find their purpose.

[quovadis]

Well, Lukaschenko is not the only politician engaging in people smuggling into the European Union. Some European Union countries are not doing to bad themselves in this regard.