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(5 years ago)Great Britain has sent a group of ten soldiers to Poland to help Warsaw reinforce security at the Belarus border, where groups of immigrants are stuck and trying to get into EU territory. The troops arrived Thursday and are expected to stay in Poland for several days, including the visit of [...]
Great Britain has sent a group of ten soldiers to Poland to help Warsaw reinforce security at the Belarus border, where groups of immigrants are stuck and trying to get into EU territory.
The troops arrived on Thursday and are expected to stay in Poland several days, including the visit of the border at the request of the Polish government to contribute, whether the fence can be repaired or reinforced at the border, writes The Guardian.
The defence ministry said the mission is focused only on “technical support to address the ongoing situation at the Belarus” border, while domestic sources said there is no additional plan for British troops to patrol the border.
Sources within the British government said it is necessary to review assistance to Poland, considering it is Belarus that is pushing migrants towards the border. Any final decision to offer assistance will have to be signed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.
Hundreds of people have been confined to a camp at the Poland border, Belarus, at low temperatures. They have been enabled to arrive there through aircraft flights from Iraq, Turkey and other countries in the Middle East.
Poland has declared a state of emergency in the border region, reinforced by 20,000 border police officers, refusing immigrants' entry. While Poland has sought help from Britain, it has rejected it from the EU border management agency Frontex.
