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After three months, the state of emergency in Poland will expire in the border region with Belarus. But a new law allows journalists to continue to be denied access. After the end of the three-month state of emergency , Poland is restricting access to the border area with Belarus with a new law. The regulation passed by the Polish parliament and signed by President Andrzej Duda makes it possible, on the recommendation of the national border protection authority, to deny access to an area 15 kilometers wide for security reasons. Exceptions should only be made for residents or for people who work or study there. The border guard management also decides on access for journalists. The controversial state of emergency for the border region, which has been in force since September, automatically expires at midnight. Russia Tests Another Hypersonic Missile According to Polish law, the state of emergency can only be imposed for a maximum of three months. The government in Warsaw had proclaimed...

After the death of 27 refugees in the English Channel, the residents want to crack down on people smugglers. A Frontex aircraft is to monitor the inlet "day and night". At a crisis meeting on migration across the English Channel, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany agreed to crack down on smugglers. From Wednesday, an aircraft belonging to the EU border protection agency Frontex is to monitor the coast of the English Channel. The plane will fly over the area from France to the Netherlands "day and night", said French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin after the crisis meeting, which was also attended by representatives of the EU Commission, as well as the Frontex and Europol authorities. Fisheries Dispute With Great Britain: French Fishermen Block Ports France's government is ready to work with its "British friends" to stop migrants on their way to Britain, said the French interior minister. But this must be done "at eye level". Great...

At the border between Poland and Belarus, the situation is only apparently easing. Many refugees are still stuck, it is difficult to take care of them - and it is getting colder. For weeks, the news situation on the Polish-Belarusian border was the same: Thousands of people were stuck in catastrophic humanitarian conditions between the two countries, lured by the false promise of the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko to get safe conduct into the EU. In the past week something suddenly seemed to move: The EU decided on further sanctions against the regime in Minsk, at the same time Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Lukashenko on the phone. Suddenly he agreed to provide overnight accommodation and buses to bring people back inland from the forests in the border area. At that time, the Polish authorities suspected around 4,000 people in the border area. The Belarusian regime accommodated 2,000 people in a logistics center near the border, and according to official information, several...

The death of nearly 30 refugees creates tension between Britain and France. The English Channel should not become a cemetery, said Emmanuel Macron. Britain and France blame each other after at least 27 people died in the English Channel. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for stricter controls on France.  The measures taken so far have not been enough to deter migrants from making the dangerous crossing, he said. The mayor of the French coastal city of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, accused Johnson of cowardice in return. The prime minister takes no responsibility. On Wednesday, a boat with 33 migrants who wanted to cross illegally to Great Britain capsized in the English Channel . According to French sources, at least 27 people died, including five women and a girl. Two people are said to be in critical condition in the hospital. They were suffering from severe hypothermia, it was said. EU Commission Threatens Airlines With Sanctions For People Smuggling Four suspected smuggle...

From visas to taxis to the border: the EU accuses Belarus of organized migration. The Commission intends to sanction the travel companies involved in this in the future. In the refugee dispute with Belarus, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke out in favor of sanctioning options for travel companies. The EU Commission is proposing a blacklist for all transport companies involved in human trafficking and human smuggling, said von der Leyen in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.  The legislative proposal had been submitted to the European Parliament and the member states. In its organized migration strategy, Belarus is "specifically relying on the complicity of tour operators and their middlemen," said von der Leyen. There are specialized travel agencies that offer migrants everything from visas to flights and hotels to taxis to the border.  That is why we propose a black list for all modes of transport and modes of transport on the basis of international agree...

Violence between refugees and security forces has again broken out on the border between Belarus and Poland. There were several injured. Several people were injured in violent clashes between Polish security forces and refugees on the Belarusian border. Polish security forces said they used tear gas and water cannons against refugees after stones were thrown at them from their ranks. Seven police officers, a border guard and a soldier were injured. According to Belarusian sources, several refugees also had to receive medical treatment. The Polish Ministry of Defense said there had been "an attack by migrants" to which the security forces had responded. The situation escalated when refugees tried to destroy the border fence near the Bruzgi-Kuznica crossing. Read also:  Belarusian Border: Polish Border Guards Use Water Cannons Against Migrants According to the Belarusian Ministry of Health, around 20 of the migrants currently camping on the Polish border have received medical t...

Migrants are said to have thrown stones at security forces on the border between Belarus and Poland. They used water cannons - despite the freezing cold. Polish security forces used water cannons against migrants on the border with Belarus. The people waiting at the Kuźnica-Bruzgi border crossing on the Belarusian side  threw stones at the border guards beforehand, according to video footage from the security authorities. A spokesman for the Polish police said the people had been equipped with fire grenades and tear gas from the Belarusian side. According to unconfirmed reports, tear gas was also used by the Polish side. The Defense Ministry in Warsaw spoke of an "attack by migrants" at the border crossing. An officer was therefore hit by a thrown object and seriously injured. He was taken to hospital with a suspected fracture of his skull. Poland's border protection agency released video footage showing a water cannon aimed across the border at a group of migrants in a m...

A group of refugees has crossed the border into Poland. Bundestag President Barbel Bas calls for help to the people on the Polish-Belarusian border. According to the Polish police, a group of around 50 migrants broke the barrier on the border with Belarus and got to Poland. As a police spokesman said, the incident occurred on Saturday evening near the village of Dubicze Cerkiewne. The officers arrested 22 Iraqis. According to the police, another larger group tried to cross the border not far from the village of Klukowicze-Kolonia - but to no avail. The refugees threw stones at the officers, and one officer was slightly injured. The police also arrested four suspected smugglers who were traveling with refugees in the border region. According to the information, these are two Georgians, a Polish and a Syrian. The information cannot be independently verified, however, as Poland has declared a state of emergency in the border region. Journalists and helpers are not allowed in. This also ap...

Turkey has suspended ticket sales for Iraqi, Syrian and Yemeni nationals traveling to Belarus, Belarus has been a key destination for refugees in recent months and refugees have entered the European Union (EU) illegally. Trying to log in. Dawn newspaper's report was announced after EU pressure by the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority, according to which he had refused to bring the citizens of Minsk, capital of Belarus from the Middle East. The case began when thousands of EU asylum seekers entered Poland, Lithuania and Latvia over the summer, many still trying to enter or being deported. Crisis victims are in large numbers on the EU's border, which could lead to a humanitarian crisis in the winter, and the refugees are also causing a rift between the West and Belarusian authorities. Russia also sent air power to the Allies in the Belarus district of Grodno, bordering Poland, to show support for the Allies. Russia's nuclear-capable strategic bomber patrolled Belarus for two c...

The situation at the EU's external border is tense: Russia is now sending fighter jets for a military exercise. "We have no other choice," says ruler Alexander Lukashenko. Russia  has dispatched two nuclear weapons-grade warplanes on a training mission over Belarus. Observers see this as a signal of Russian support for its ally in the dispute over the tense situation on the Polish border. The Ministry of Defense in Minsk announced that two strategic Tu-160 fighter planes had carried out a series of test flights on the Ruschanski military site, including bombing. As part of the joint exercise, Belarusian fighter jets simulated an interception maneuver. It was the second time in two days that Russia had deployed nuclear-capable combat aircraft into the airspace over Belarus . Most recently, two Tu-22M3 long-range bombers were used in an exercise. "We have no other choice" Ruler Alexander Lukashenko described the fighter planes as a necessary response to the tensio...

Almost as many people are applying for asylum in the EU as before the corona pandemic. The number of Afghan asylum seekers rose particularly sharply. According to the EU asylum authority EASO, significantly more people are applying for asylum in the countries of the European Union this year than in the previous year. According to the authority, one of the reasons is a new high among asylum seekers from Afghanistan. Overall, the EU states registered around 56,000 cases of international protection requests in August. That is about 40 percent more than in the same month of the previous year, said EASO Director Nina Gregori of the Funke media group: "In Europe we are almost at the level of the time before Corona in terms of the number of asylum applications."   According to Gregori, around 10,000 asylum applications were submitted in August by Afghan nationals alone. That means a record and an increase of 38 percent over the previous month, she said. Some of the applications come...