Belarus: ‘Take these people in’ - Lukashenko tells Germany, Poland as he visits migrants on border

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko urged Berlin and Warsaw to solve the migrant crisis and let the asylum seekers into Germany, visiting a centre housing the migrants in Bruzgi on Friday.

“Please, take these people in. This number is not very big. They want to live in Germany — 2,000 people is not a big problem for Germany,” he said, claiming that acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel had agreed on it. A spokesperson for the German government said Lukashenko’s claim was false.

Lukashenko also visited the logistics centre in Bruzgi, where the migrants were moved last week from a makeshift camp in the border zone.

The migrant crisis escalated earlier this month after thousands of migrants set up a tent camp on the Belarus-Poland border and attempted to cross the frontier.

Brussels has accused Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a ‘hybrid war’ designed to pressure the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.

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SOT, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian President (Russian): “I want to address the German nation. The majority of the people here want to reunite with their families, to find their relatives who are in Germany. Please, take these people in. This number is not very big. They want to live in Germany - 2,000 people is not a big problem for Germany. And Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel agreed about it. However, Poland blocks all of this. I also want to address the Polish nation, the friendly and hardworking people with whom we always lived nearby. I address the people not because they don’t have any leaders. But the authorities lost their senses and sense of reality. So, dear Poles, talk some sense into your politicians. You surely understand that by using these dispossessed people they want to solve their domestic and external problems. First problem: they want to get those billions of euros from the European Union, who don’t give it back right now due to certain reasons. The second problem is a domestic issue. It’s a difficult situation. The Poles are dissatisfied with the policy of the ruling coalition, and they are increasingly making demands on their government. So, to distract them [Polish authorities] made this mess on the border. I call on Polish people once again: we don’t need any clashes or wars. Let those people cross the border to make them reach Germany. They came neither here to Belarus nor to Poland. They go to Germany, let them cross and the problem will be solved.”

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