(BBC) Belarus’s authoritarian leader has told the BBC it is “absolutely possible” his forces helped migrants cross into Poland but denies they were invited.
Thousands of migrants, mainly from the Middle East, have been trying to get into the EU via Belarus for months.
In an exclusive interview, Alexander Lukashenko told me: “We’re Slavs. We have hearts. Our troops know the migrants are going to Germany.”
“Maybe someone helped them. I won’t even look into this,” he added.
The EU, Nato and the US have accused the Belarus leader of luring migrants to the border with the false promise of easy entry to the EU. Something he has denied.
