In recent months, more migrants have come to Western Europe again. According to reports, Russia and the Putin-supporting regime in Belarus are behind it.
According to a media report, Russia and Belarus are once again working harder to smuggle migrants from poor and crisis-stricken regions through their countries towards the European Union – including towards Germany. According to the Federal Police, the number of migrants arriving in this country via this route has risen significantly again in recent months, reported the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and the broadcasters WDR and NDR on Wednesday.
The report states that, according to statistics from the Federal Police, migration via this route fell so sharply in January and February 2024, with fewer than 30 detections in each case, that it was hardly detectable anymore. However, there were 412 findings in March, 670 in April and 416 in May by the middle of the month.
Managed migrant flow to Europe – part of Russia’s “hybrid warfare”?
The Polish border guard has also registered an increase in people entering from Belarus in recent weeks. There is renewed talk of “hybrid warfare” in security circles, report “SZ”, WDR and NDR. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. This is supported by Western countries in repelling the Russian attack.
The number of refugees via various escape routes generally increases at the beginning of summer. According to the report, security authorities see a system behind this specific development, because without the intervention of the respective governments, an increase in the route via Moscow and Minsk is hardly possible. According to the research, half of the migrants for whom there is information about their travel route have Russian visas that were issued in their home countries.
According to the report, Russia is said to be willing to issue entry visas in some countries in order to specifically attract migrants. They often flew to Moscow or St. Petersburg, from where they traveled on to Belarus. From there they then tried to get into the EU, according to the report, according to security circles.
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Most people from these countries apply for asylum in Germany
According to the report, the Federal Ministry of the Interior is cautious about the development. But there, too, an increasing trend is suspected on the escape route via Russia and Belarus. According to the police findings, the overall recorded increase in the number of migrants could be mainly “attributable to the seasonal increase in the number of detections related to Belarus,” “SZ”, WDR and NDR quoted a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior as saying.
Source: Stern
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