(AFP) Poland’s government on Monday accused Belarus and Russia of orchestrating another migration influx into the European Union via the Polish border in order to destabilise the region.
“We’re talking about an operation organised by the Russian and Belarusian secret services that is getting more and more intense,” Polish Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik told reporters.
Tomasz Praga, the head of the Polish border guard, added that the Belarusian services had become “a criminal group that is masterminding illegal migration.”
“Of course, they are making huge profits from it,” he told reporters.
During a previous border crisis, starting in the summer of 2021, tens of thousands of migrants and refugees — mostly from the Middle East — crossed or attempted to cross into Poland from neighbouring Belarus.
