You know what, EU should take efforts to assassinate Lukashenko. Its a win-win for both EU and Belarusians. A good dictator is a dead dictator at the end of the day.
Genesis 11 has similar energy: "And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
@@ricardoxavier827 Russia is definetely Europe. Its most important and most pupulated part is in Europe and thats also the part on which Russia was created, Russia gained land in Asia only by expansion and counquest, but its base always was and still is in Europe.
My friend visited friends in Belarus a few years ago. He was taken around downtown Minsk for a tour. He saw a building with high walls that was the Belarussian National Police building. My friend asked if he could take a picture with his camera. His friends told him that if you take a picture of the outside of that building, they will give you a special tour of the inside of the building.
I really can’t imagine how it’s like to be a desperate immigrant being used as a card in political game. As an individual, I can’t do anything but trying to understand a bigger picture of what going on. Thank you Vox
The same as Poland brags about hunan rights violations in Belarus while beating migrants near the border. I mean no nation is pure and everything used for political gains
@@cactuslietuva true but Poland's hypocrisy isn't as ironic as Lukashenko going from warning his people that NATO will send “black-skinned, yellow-faced, and blonde-headed soldiers.” to "migrants have a right to go west"
As a Russian, I am very fascinated by how this phrase amused many people here in the comments. For us this phrase does not sound so funny. When we go out to the street, we can be captured any time for no reason by so called police. More so in Belarus now..
Abused, used and desperate to get away from war they took their only chance, just to be used and abused in another mans war. Such a sad situation I pray for the children involved to be safe.
In Poland many connect what is going on to finalisation of Nord Stream II and he fact that Yamal gas pipeline is going through Belarus. Russia may have an interest on making the region unstable so that NS2 seems a reliable alternative
It always seemed Belarus was supporting these illegal immigrants to push into EU zone. It seemed fishy that a dictator turned a humanitarian. It's a great piece that explain everything.
You should have showed the aggression of Belarusian troops against the polish, they are using lasers at night to blind the poles while throwing rocks at them and pushing migrants through
Good video. Thing you missed is the fact that there is a percentage of these "migrants" that didn't even want to move to Europe. In Iraq and other Middle East countries, Belarusian tourist agencies advertised a possibility to visit Minsk. Those who flew to Minsk, through these tourist agencies, were then forced by the Belarussian forces to go to the border. Human trafficking would be one way to describe it.
Iraqis who want to go to Minsk for a holiday, yeah right. Who else? Nigerians? Afghans? What's there to see in Minsk anyway, apart from a few Stalin-era monoliths?
@@Avantime It violates basic human rights, and you can describe it as human trafficking. No one asks you who you are or what you want, or where you want to go, but as soon as you show them your passport they immediatly send you to the borders.. That's messed up
@@jerujedesu both sides are violating human rights the eu are supposed to help the migrans but they are blocking them from entering and Belarus is pushing them to the boders
@@jerujedesu It still doesn't support the original assertion that Iraqis are actually going to Minsk for some actual tourism, in the middle of a global pandemic. 99.99999% of these people from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria etc. are there, travelling via major hubs like Qatar and Dubai, to have a go at the EU border.
By "collective expulsions are prohibited," doesn't "expulsions" actually refer to removals of a group of people who have actually physically made it into the country, not people who are still outside of the country?
a lot of problems here. but the biggest one is that EU law is interpreted substantively not literally. Meaning it should be interpreted as what the lawmakers had in mind when they made the law, not what the law strictly states. Therefore pushbacks are illegal because the EU lawmakers INTENDED for "pushbacks" to be illegal. They are supposed to be allowed in and then be heard at a trial where the EU will decide their immigration status as either an asylum seeker or illegal immigrant.
@@TheRealSykx but that's the thing: they didn't cross yet. They get maced and beaten to prevent the crossing because as soon as they cross they will have the full rights.
I'll be honest I don't really see the distinction. Why is it that we can beat and mace people in one case, but once they step one foot further and pass an imaginary line, then oh no suddenly it became bad? Hot take, maybe we shouldn't be beating migrants trying to cross the border to escape horrible living conditions.
This is such a dreadful situation, the migrants hoping to escape their war torn countries for a better life being used as pawns by more powerful nations. The Eu also would buckle economically under uncontrolled and large scale migration. I think solving the issues that plague this countries is the right direction, but not through military means. Education and democracy would be a good start but hard to implement.
how do you know democracy is the best strategy for all these countries look a lot of the migrants there talking about are from the middle east where and it is war torn bc it's also being used as chess board usa, and all the European influences from now and the past has caused this crisis. Not allowing migrants to flee and holding them captive is hypocrisy. One side these ppl had a country but were being killed or dying of lack of human necessities bc of war cause by again usa Europe influences. On the other they trying to flee for better life that you wont let them have. So the real solution isnt so western democracy it's to give these migrants their country back and it fill it with human need like water and shelter until they as ppl can decide what is best for them
Sadly these groups have proven to not take educational opportunities seriously, immigrants in Germany show that they only enter the EU for money and not for work. Since you they don't want to assimilate in the slightest why would anyone want to let them in. What would you do if you had a freeloader living in your home for more than 3 months and not doing anything to improve their situation? Their reason being they can get by on your money.
I live just dozens kilometers from kuznica. Glad to hear reasons why regime of Belarus used people as weapon instead of just showing these poor people.
@@Anurag-xe2jp Putin was elected democratic way and still supported by majority of people of Russia. (Let's speak about Biden/Trump strange gap in USA and a number of other violations during the last elections. Does it mean that the last elections were falsified to install Dictator Biden's regime? )
@Anurag russian elections is ultrafair. It controlled 24/7 by CCTV with open translation and commisions of all parties on each location to vote. It was much more fair then USA elections... much more. Seems like you don't understand what are you talking about.
My gf is a Belarusian living in England. It was a really stressful year trying to get her citizenship, now its over I often wondered why I was being paranoid... I see now that my paranoia was justified.
@@tabc6870 not in the UK, she had to get skilled work and be backed by her employer who is registered as a skilled employer, she has to show good english, and a degree scored her some points too, she had 4 months to get skilled work. and it had to be over 24k a year... she also had to keep 1.5k in a bank account for 3 months, and she needed to get her finger prints taken. The EU would have harsher laws for Russians. So, there is that.
Here is an interesting fact about Belarus: The country first emerged as an independent entity at the end of World War I, but after about two years, it was annexed by Soviet-Russia. When that happened, it's goverment went into exile.... and remains there to this day, after a whole century. That's right.: Belarus still has a government-in-exile. After the collapse of the Sovietunion, they planned to return and formally give power to a democratically elected Belarussian government, but as Lukashenka took power, the plan was put on hold. So, they're waiting to this day. Belarus has the longest lasting government in exile in history.
As a ukrainian it's even worse, since Belarus with Russia are now threatning to invade Ukraine with a war from the northern side... it's unsettling, since I live ~50 kms away from the border between Ukraine and Belarus.
Agree. It is possible that he got this title back then when it still wasn't clear that Putin is also one more of this kind. So the name last dictator sticked to Lukashenko even though Putin is also a dictator.
@@Nick-oy9rt Most of Russia’s land is in Asia, but most of its population is in Europe. The administrative capital Moscow is in the European side, and Putin was born in Saint Petersburg, on the European side of the country
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Lukashenko: *fakes several elections and breaks human rights* EU: "That's a lot of sanctions!" Lukashenko: *sends in migrants to EU* EU: "How about a little more?!"
Don’t worry he will try again in spring and summer. Next time try not EU should mind it’s own business and not to police europe. Europe starting to be a little warmonger
Ukraine shelling civilians of Donbas EU: cant here you mate US deploys weapons on Russian borders EU : I literally cant here you Belorussian vote rigging conspiracy appears EU: Lets make some moves, here comes the sanctions
You have clearly misinterpreted the law, which does not refer to said "pushbacks" but instead to collective expulsions of migrants or groups of people already inside EU territory, which these migrants are not and are being prevented from being. The EU member countries are well within their sovereign rights to refuse illegal entry into their territory. The real culprit for this situation is the decrepit despotic farse clinging to power in Belarus. It's not the EU's responsibility to clean up manufactured messes by dictators pulling publicity stunts.
You're also misinterpreting the law though. By law, the EU countries are all bound to not deny human rights AT their border either, asylum being one of them.
I would agree on the first point but the eu is still violating their laws since there are not providing basic human rights to people caught in irregular border crossing. I would also argue that even if it was legal it is still immoral, it's everyone's responsibility to help those in desperate need. And i think you agree as well, i doubt that if you saw a child dying in the streets or a baby in a dumpster that you would turn your back and ignore them. I don't think that the eu should be forced to give them permanent residence even tho that would be good thing, but at the very least provide basic human needs and a temporary visa until the refugees can make their case in accordance with international law.
@@sidremus What exactly do you mean by this? Do you mean that for example Poland should be giving supplies to the migrants on the other side of the border? Or do you mean asylum as in letting them in to the country and giving them protection?
6:10 Wait. Expulsions I understand, but pushbacks? The text you're showing doesn't say anything at all about pushbacks. Also an expulsion starts with the premise that the deported people are inside EU space, which is not the case here.
If I remember correctly, EU doing "illegal" pushback in the sea. I believe it is on another Vox video too explaining about the newest migration agency(?) That have the power like a military
I agree 99% to whatever you said/ portrayed. Just one point. The guidelines of the EU apply to the countries of EU. When the video talked about the EU failing the migrants, humanly yes it's true. But the reality is, that they're technically not in the EU. So these guidelines don't apply to them.
They already mostly do it and the bordering countries already have a big number of immigrants, to the point that anti immigration parties are getting more and more power, so that's why they get sent there
I'm mexican, I think o have an understanding of why flee your own country, but also as a mexican, we have an immigrant crisis on our southern border and we cannot afford the support this migrants need, so i also understand countries that don't want to allow new migrants to enter. This is a complicated issue but I don't think sanctions will be enough to stop this crisis
@@solalflechelles1216 the EU can afford it but does not have the capacity to do so. These are two different things. I’m from the Netherlands and the migrants that come in now are staying in emergency shelters were the conditions are no better than the warehouses where Belarus is putting them. I think Governments should do more to tackle the problems at the places of origins.
@@evilnet1 yeah people from Central America dont want to move to Mexico, theyd rather cross there to be able to cross to the much wealthier US and Canada
@@knightsljx "Russia" is Europe since it's capital is in it while "Siberia"(which is the large east land mass of russia) is Asia... If Russia alone it would be located under Europe... Since the Kievan Russ and moscovy was in Europe in the start before expanding east
Really good video, but it would be nice to have a better explanation of what "flights more than doubling compared to the same period last year" means in light of the pandemic.
There aren't even that many migrants currently and many of which are only there because of the EU's interference in other countries. I think the UK as well should take migrants since we helped imvade iraq(with eu countries like poland).
As an Algerian, I partially understand now why our own civilians migrates to Europe with no authorities involved to stop them. (Context : not because we have war or a crisis, the youth here have difficulties to find opportunities and make a good living and had enough with our society’s mentality and system. If I was offered to leave my beautiful country and leave my family behind for me and my wife to find a bright future for our kids, I unfortunately wouldn’t hesitate)
@@owenb8636 yeah thing is I’m living the city where most migrants depart from here to Europe and I keep hearing news sometimes some succeed but most didn’t.
I am a Belgian from Moroccean origin and I can definitely understand. It's not helped by the fact that the conflict between Morocco and Algeria is weakening the countries.
I've a question: why don't you, y'know, instead of coming over to EU, build up your own countries and make life better there instead of coming over here, imposing sharia law, not even learning the local languages, making ZERO attempts at integration and completely disrespecting our people and traditions here? Okay, the western europe maybe, they're colonizers. But what the heck did the eastern europe ever do to you? Also, surprise newsflash, it's -16C here atm and it'll get colder. Weather's trash, it's cold and windy. And you live next to the mediterran. Makes no sense to me.
Another important part of the story omitted in this video is that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine with the help of Belarus. The help consists of creating diversion at the EU border, letting the Russian army through and possibly participating in the agression
Try not to blindly follow mainstream news channels... Firstly, if Russia did plan on invading somewhere the likelihood is that they wouldn't be parading their forces for weeks for all the world to see. Also, what would be the cost vs benefit? Annexing Crimea was for to strategic navy advantage, it was something Russia would have never let go. Secondly Russia (as well as most allied countries) regularly hold military exercises. Russia holds its exercises once a year in different regions, if you look back at the history of these exercises you will see this is a scheduled planned event which is being promoted by the mainstream media as invasion prep
Few mistakes with the translation "If you lose your first president it will be the beginning of the end." He actually said - If you lose your president it will be the beginning of your end. "If you want to go in the western direction we won't capture, smother, or beat you up. It's your will. If you want to go, go." He actually said - If you can get through/manage to get through, go.
Cause they see through these people. They know that these migrants are lazy and don't want to work. In UAE, Oman, etc. they would have to work. In Germany they can claim they need help and live off of the free money benefits.
@@dhaloh this pretty much, the EU needs to update its asylum and immigration criteria, refugees from Iraq or Afghanistan I can get behind, but why should we welcome economic migrants whose countries of origin are stable and at peace?
I'm a Saudi and I could answer this by 3 main ideas First, Saudi Arabia has a total of 2.5 million Syrian residents by the year 2015 also, the SA has other countries' immigrants which total 36% of the overall population. Second, prominent ME nations are all drained and weakened by western&Russian control over their resources...etc and U.S ensures that the ME dictators are still in their places to maintain leverage (same goes for Russia). Third, being ruled by dictators for long times and having them all around make these countries have a weaker unsustainable economy and in the end, no one wants to flee a dictator for sake of having another dictator to be ruled under. Hope I delivered my thoughts (Edited just to fix a couple of grammatical errors and typos)
Since I had my own child, I cannot watch clips of struggling, deprived and afraid migrant families, especially children, without feeling upset. So much for everyone being born into this world equally... There is no such thing. There is only luck. And hopefully after you get lucky at birth, you can get lucky again in life.
From what I can see, the code prevents EXPULSION. But these people arent in Poland/Lithuania, so they arent being expulsed, they´re just being denied entry.
The moment they step into poland borders, they are inside poland and EU law kicks in. They are being denied entry, thats true, but they are still able to break down barriers and enter illegaly. Just because they entered illegaly, does not mean that their minimum rights granted to them dont apply.
@@user-wr9hc6gf2n Migration is not a human right, but privlige given by native inhabitants, that they can give away in quantities they wish to and to people they wish to.
@@huihui5059 The united Nations have signed treaties and declarations. They have to respect for human rights of humans inside their nation, regardless of their status. People like you should read up on the topic a bit more, this lack of knowledge is extremely dangerous.
A lot of this video is an effort to suggest that the fault is on both sides, when it really is not. Letting migrants make asylum applications is indeed a right, and all EU countries abide by it, but it becomes untenable when a crisis is manufactured and there is an inflow of thousands of people at a single time. Striking deals with countries around the Mediterranean to keep out migrants is not the best solution, but it's the least bad solution. Allowing these desperate migrants to make perilous journeys right up to EU's borders is not only going to cause more suffering, it will inundate the EU's border to a point that asylum applications will become too much to handle. Considering the fact that most of the migrants are illegal economic migrants, a large inflow of people will hurt the claims of legitimate refugees, who will have to be kept out with the rest. Idealism is great, but sometimes one has to be grounded in the practical realities of the world too.
Well that is definitely true, but they didn't portray the EU Policy as negative. They just presented the facts. And it is a fact that human rights are being violated in these regions. That doesn't mean there is a better option to solving this problem.
It is, but it's also true that Poland and Greece both have a habit of doing everything in their power to stop people getting to the point of making an asylum application. It's a shame that two of the countries on Europe's outer border have an unfortunate recent history of being ruled by governments that see migrants primarily as a problem.
But imagine youre in their position, living in a country thats controlled by dictators, in a country where its war, in a country you dont have the opportunities to make something of your live. Wouldnt you try to go to a safe country/region where you will probaly have a good live.
@@onbekend960 they don’t search for safety, they just transit through Europe to go the the richest countries to feed them. (Not talking about refugees who truly need help, but economic migrants like these).
@@SmileyIQ I'm the owner of my taxes and my land, so I also have the rights to not let illegal migrants into my country. However if they enter legally like everyone else, then I have absolutely no problem.
Lukashenko claimed his sympathies to the Hitler, and there's an audio record of that. Boris Nemtsov one of the major critics of Putin's regime described Lukashenko as a "slavic Gaddafi, he's a killer, dictator, he has nowhere to retreat, he burned all the bridges, he is a completely deranged person" in March of 2011. The girlfriend of Roman Protasevich - Sofia Sapega is Russian citizen and she was with Roman, she faces imprisonment for about 6 years, despite of cooperating with authorities in exchange for house arrest at least. She's in shock right now and Russia is hardly willing to do anything. Also, check documentary "An Ordinary president" 1996, highly critical of Lukashenko. Apparently Lukashenko involved in assassination of opposition leaders for a long time, take the case of disappearance of Yury Zacharanka for example.
Thank you for sharing this information! Lukashenko is indeed one of the bloodiest dictators this continent has seen in the past decades. Considering the current scale of repressions in Belarus, we, Belarusians, often compare him to his idols - Hitler and Gaddafi. And this story had begun long before Putin could be technically added to the list of European dictators. Perhaps that's why the nickname of "Europe's last dictator" has stuck to Lukashenko so firmly. He has been abusing the people of Belarus for over a quarter of a century already.
LOL, in what kind of isolated fantasy world do you live ? Look at Lybia now without Gaddafi, destroyed in tribal wars, a failed state. If Lukashenko is like Gaddafi then he should stay in power for as long as he can otherwise Belarus will be in ruins.
@@antoniorsoftware sorry dude, but it's narrow-minded. If you believe that the fact that Lybia ended up being a failed state is the consequence of Gaddafi's death, but not Gaddafi's 42 years of repressive rule, then we are not likely to find a common ground in the discussion. The longer Lukashenko stays in power polarising Belarusian society and blocking any alternatives to this tyranny, the more chances for Belarus to end up as a failed state.
As Russian i will say - keep pushing EU! More sanction on Lukashenko regime! Close the borders completely. No trade or negotiations with terrorists. Poland be strong! Belarussian brothers - don't give up. Dictatorship will fall in Belarus, and then, like domino, in Russia as well. For our freedom and yours ! Za naszą i waszą wolność ! За нашу и вашу свободу !
What gives any person in the world the right to choose any country they want and demand entry and permanent residency? I live in the USA but I would like to demand permanent residency in Switzerland.
While I see your point, keep in mind that these refugees are not demanding entry into Europe just because they think Switzerland would be nice, they are leaving conflict areas. The first part of your statement still stands, but I believe you have compared apples to oranges here.
I don't understand your question really. Why wouldn't we have the right to live wherever we want? Just because you are born somewhere doesn't mean you want to live there? Especially when there is war. I mean, i am very privileged, my home country is a first world country. But i would love to live somewhere else, and with my passport it is quite easy to emigrate. Why is it different for people from places where there is war??
I suggest then you familiarize yourself with the Swiss immigration laws, I am sure there is a way to do it. Especially coming from a country like the US.
So true. I took me 5 years to get Canadian Residency, And I had to go through the legal process and prove my eligibility. Its kinda unsettling if somebody can just get the same by just entering illegally.
No EU laws were broken Vox. Get it right. They are on the Belarusian side and the ones that have been apprehended on the Polish side were sent to Refugee camps under Polish and EU law
Of course no EU laws were broken when these migrants were prevented from crossing to the EU/Poland. Migrants are kept back with tear gas, barbed wire and brute force. They don't even have a chance of making it to the refugee camps when it's almost physically impossible to make the crossing. 🙄
@@kingofhoneybadgers exactly no laws were broken and there would be no tear gas and barbed wire if they were not cutting down the border fence and throwing rocks at our soldiers
im in dubio, to blame europe for the evil hostage taking of migrants seems incorrect, and yes i would call this a hostage situation, he uses mirgants as a social weapon
This what vox does They are an organisation made up of champagne socialists so they think the EU should greet these people with flowers at the border I suggest send them to their offices so they know what it feels like
@@caio5987 that's cool as long as they can also send you back to try and escape Syria or Afghanistan to see what that's like. You can then reunite at the end and discuss who had the worse experience.
It's really sad what's happening in Belarus rn, my parents came from there almost 26 years ago now on the Jewish Refugee program, but now they can hardly go back there safely to even visit.
@@Mimi-mq2wj The EU is a political organisation,and yes,Britain is no longer part of that However, Britain is part of Europe geographical and cultural Britain is part of European civilisation Wether Belarus succeeds or fails in their attempts to destabilise our security welfare and civilisation concerns every european We are all threatened by this jehadi invasion We will survive together, or we will be destroyed together
Well if they aren’t going to stop selling him weapons and compromising with him, at the very least they can take in all the people who don’t want to live in a mafia-state
If I were Lukashenka, I would be very happy about this video, I read the message here as "yeah, the last dictator of Europe is doing mean things, but it is EU's fault too", and it is just the logic both him and Putin want us to exercise, so they can come and say the world is grey and their dictatorship can continue to exist.
And they would be right. You sound as if pleading to hide factual truths. Is the truth what’s been shown. The EU is partially at fault. They breed dictators when they shift their responsibilities to other people. Lol
I have a few questions: Why do these “immigrants” bother to go to EU, when Saudi Arabia is bordering Iraq and Syria? How much do these pay to human traffickers to get to EU? What is the basic salary in the countries they flee from? Is migration not a legal act with legal documents, papers, passports, etc? Should the EU open their borders for all who please? Should every other country open their borders for anyone who pleases to? What about the millions of people who stay in these countries they flee from? Wouldn’t it be better to help a country in need than to help individuals who paid lots of money to get to EU? Should everyone have the right to go to the USA without documents and have the right to social assistance? Why do we still have borders, identity papers, migration laws? Why do people still buy oil from Saudi Arabia when all these migrants aren’t welcome there? Why do these migrants aren’t happy when they got to Turkey, but still want to go on to EU? Weren’t they fleeing, or are they on a journey with a destination?
What Lukachenko did was unforgivable, and should never be repeated in human history again. That’s why it was so unhumanly difficult for the EU to react. The saddest thing of all is that he still is in power, and also that those countries of origin are still unable to rise up from their poverty (economically as mentally). But hey, I’m sure most of who are writing and criticizing here will be watching the World Cup in Qatar. (Sadly)
You talk about the countries of their origin as if it’s not global superpowers like the united states, the EU, Russia etc who created the whole mess there😑
Maybe because Saudi Arabia is the leading cause of conflict in Iraq/Syria? If you don't want immigrants then stop exploiting cheap foreign labour (slavery). People are leaving because they don't want to work for $0.30 an hour.
my question is, where was this kind of an episode when Turkey was doing the exact same thing to Greece, last year, "weaponizing" immigrants . Especially since Turkey was doing it despite being paid off by the EU not to, and especially cause they are still doing it, admittedly not to the same extent .
Meanwhile France is freely allowing Migrants to travel across the channel to get into the UK, allowing human traffickers to operate out in the open in a northern France in clear view of Police all while simultaneously decrying the actions of Belarus
Don't misunderstand what rights those migrants had in this situation. They don't have a right to freely enter a country that isn't their own. They have a right to medical care, to not be separated from family, and non-refoulement. National governments, on the other hand, have a clear right to determine who may and may not enter the country.
@@awwastor Yes, they do, but in this situation they are not just people, but weapons used by Lukashenko... If your neighbor pushed some stranger through your window, what would you do, pay his bills, take care of him? Or would you push him back right where he came from?
@@awwastor That's just abusing the meaning of asylum and international laws. Asylum is reserved for refugees, not for every economic migrants seeking a better life. The problem with the European migration crisis is that every migrant who comes asks for asylum, and they come in the hundreds of thousands.
To claim that the EU, Poland, Lithuania or Latvia failed the migrants in this scenario is ridiculous. That would be like like blaming Bolivia. We all know where the blame lies, no need to spread it around without reason.
I mean, they wouldn’t have this issue if the EU set up the refugee camps or managed the immigrants. Can’t use a problem that does exist as blackmail, so if there was no migrants going to Belarus then they wouldn’t have this issue. Not that it’s an end of the world issue, if it was it would have never been outsourced.
Ehh the blame lies many places but they are included. The EU or for that matter most of the developed world could absorb way more people if they wanted too. They could also incentives people to stay in their home countries fairly cheaply. A libertarian perspective and a liberal one both lead to the conclusion that people should have the right to move freely between countries. In addition even if they want to keep migrants out they should do it on their own borders. Of course the blame also lies on the leaders in places that the people are leaving from. And it certainly also lies on Belarus/Putin specifically for tricking migrants.
Although it is indeed contrary to EU law to push migrants back, VOX fails to explain one important detail: EU law is not above the law of the individual nation state. This means that Poland can do whatever it pleases in regards to its own border, and EU border guards like Frontex can only assist and not make their own plans. In order to have a coherent border policy across all of EU's external borders they need to be controlled at the federal level. And that is not going to happen anytime soon. So until then the policies that govern the EU's borderlands will be fractured as it is now. This is why the EU pays off all these other countries: it's the only way for them to have power over ANY external border. Nevertheless, it's a sad situation for those trapped in these awful camps.
Just to add to this. It depends on the case. Usually the EU sets limits (minimums and maximums) and the states can choose, a recent example of this would be the Added Value Tax. EU law is above nations laws, its just that many times EU doesn't technically make laws, but rather recomendations. Also the EU usually ignores certain "law breaking" by nations as is the case in many nations (everyone is equal, everyone should have a home, bla bla bla).
Nevertheless I as an Asian outsider find the situation far more sad if EU be flooded by migrants. Those hypocrisies who don't even care how to govern the country and their so called "kindness" only lead to social crisis within. Like German had some taste of it when Merkel trying to show off how generous German is
The one thing most forget to mention is sovereignty. Also if these migrants were to settle in your own home town would you think differently about migration? Especially knowing it was politically motivated and not a humanitarian gesture.
@@BS-Fact-checker Yes, the principle of sovereignty is that the entering states sovereignly and willingly pass their authority to the EU. Very different from the international law. I would think the same because "these migrants" are people who need help.
Thanks for watching. You can read more of Vox’s reporting on the Belarus migrant crisis here: bit.ly/3pB0zlN
First, I'm too early to reply :)
Edit: when this comment came out, it was not pinned for 3 minutes, then later, it was pinned.
lie as usual, belarus not forcing them to cross border..diz to channel and all people who support poland
@@Alexander-mk4qf lukashenko alt account be like:
@@Alexander-mk4qf Hey Alexander, do you happen to be Alexander Lukashenko??😁😁
You know what, EU should take efforts to assassinate Lukashenko. Its a win-win for both EU and Belarusians. A good dictator is a dead dictator at the end of the day.
"we won't capture, smother or beat you up"... That's uh, that's awfully specific Mr Lukashenka.
Because they did that in the past, but now they want sanctions relief and trying to scare the EU.
@@MuzzaHukka When trying to illegally cross the border.
Oddly specific lol
notice how he didn't include shooting you... kinda sus
Genesis 11 has similar energy:
"And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
As a Russian citizen, I should say that you are definitely wrong calling Lukashenko "Europe's LAST dictator"
Yeah putin as well
@@Ma1akai Russia is both categorized as Euro-Asian nation like Turkey that is why it is in when its own league
Russia, Turkey, Israel, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Cazakistan, are not Europe.
They all are Asia. They must play in AFC and not UEFA.
@@ricardoxavier827 Russia is definetely Europe. Its most important and most pupulated part is in Europe and thats also the part on which Russia was created, Russia gained land in Asia only by expansion and counquest, but its base always was and still is in Europe.
Europe is a meaningless term geologically speaking. Its all Eurasia
My friend visited friends in Belarus a few years ago. He was taken around downtown Minsk for a tour. He saw a building with high walls that was the Belarussian National Police building. My friend asked if he could take a picture with his camera. His friends told him that if you take a picture of the outside of that building, they will give you a special tour of the inside of the building.
Lol! It took a while to pick on sarcasm... good story!
Lubyanka vibe. Loving it.
It's not even uncommon for prisons or airport security or even police stations to have photo bans in most countries.
deep meaning.....lol.. XD XD XD
There are no walls surrounding the building neither strict prohibition to get a picture of it. However "not blessed"
I really can’t imagine how it’s like to be a desperate immigrant being used as a card in political game. As an individual, I can’t do anything but trying to understand a bigger picture of what going on. Thank you Vox
Yeah its disgusting....
Already little boy died in cold from infection. :'(
They went to Belarus with the intention of crossing illegally
They are willing pawns.
If they got to Belarus they are not desperate refugees. The trip is not cheap, they are illegal immigrants not refugees.
Lukashenko brags about being the last dictator of Europe and still has the audacity to call out Poland on Human Rights Violations
The same as Poland brags about hunan rights violations in Belarus while beating migrants near the border. I mean no nation is pure and everything used for political gains
@@cactuslietuva true but Poland's hypocrisy isn't as ironic as Lukashenko going from warning his people that NATO will send “black-skinned, yellow-faced, and blonde-headed soldiers.” to "migrants have a right to go west"
@@parallax1234 Both are guilty of hypocrisy. But Poland, being a member of the EU, has actual human rights obligations to uphold.
I mean it's true so
Hungary and Poland are actually not becoming more democratic. Of course lukashenko should be the last person to bring that up.
"we won't capture, smother or beat you up" , That's very considerate of you , Mr. Lukashenko.
He is a kind man
As a Russian, I am very fascinated by how this phrase amused many people here in the comments. For us this phrase does not sound so funny. When we go out to the street, we can be captured any time for no reason by so called police. More so in Belarus now..
What a liar.
@@INecr0 hi there :) i was wondering where you are. RFL awaits your comments/humour ;)
@@kukulroukul4698 ?
Greetings from Poland!
Abused, used and desperate to get away from war they took their only chance, just to be used and abused in another mans war. Such a sad situation I pray for the children involved to be safe.
Just a small note: at 1:30 Lukashenko doesn't say "beginning of the end" but "Beginning of YOUR end" which makes it sound waay more threatening.
as a Belarusian, i only saw our local side of things
The "bigger picture" explained here helps. Thanks.
For good local news look half way across the world.
In Poland many connect what is going on to finalisation of Nord Stream II and he fact that Yamal gas pipeline is going through Belarus. Russia may have an interest on making the region unstable so that NS2 seems a reliable alternative
What is your "local side of things"?
@@WurstRELOADED we don't talk about why Europe is doing what it's doing, but we're happy that they don't give in to luka's machinations
I wonder how do the sanctions affect you guys. Is it discussed in Belarus?
It always seemed Belarus was supporting these illegal immigrants to push into EU zone. It seemed fishy that a dictator turned a humanitarian. It's a great piece that explain everything.
No one is illegal
No one is illegal
What do you know of illegality?!? Illegality on migrants doesn't exist!
@@LinuxAndroid86 But people can do illegal things. Migration one of them. There is no right to immigration. And certainly not to illegal one.
You should have showed the aggression of Belarusian troops against the polish, they are using lasers at night to blind the poles while throwing rocks at them and pushing migrants through
Good video. Thing you missed is the fact that there is a percentage of these "migrants" that didn't even want to move to Europe. In Iraq and other Middle East countries, Belarusian tourist agencies advertised a possibility to visit Minsk. Those who flew to Minsk, through these tourist agencies, were then forced by the Belarussian forces to go to the border. Human trafficking would be one way to describe it.
Iraqis who want to go to Minsk for a holiday, yeah right. Who else? Nigerians? Afghans?
What's there to see in Minsk anyway, apart from a few Stalin-era monoliths?
@@Avantime It violates basic human rights, and you can describe it as human trafficking. No one asks you who you are or what you want, or where you want to go, but as soon as you show them your passport they immediatly send you to the borders.. That's messed up
@@jerujedesu both sides are violating human rights the eu are supposed to help the migrans but they are blocking them from entering and Belarus is pushing them to the boders
@@nscrclan5110 the EU is willing to accept those who apply for refugee status through the appropriate channels.
@@jerujedesu It still doesn't support the original assertion that Iraqis are actually going to Minsk for some actual tourism, in the middle of a global pandemic. 99.99999% of these people from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria etc. are there, travelling via major hubs like Qatar and Dubai, to have a go at the EU border.
By "collective expulsions are prohibited," doesn't "expulsions" actually refer to removals of a group of people who have actually physically made it into the country, not people who are still outside of the country?
when they cross the border they aren't let in, they get maced in the face and beaten back, so yeah that's a collective expulsion
a lot of problems here. but the biggest one is that EU law is interpreted substantively not literally. Meaning it should be interpreted as what the lawmakers had in mind when they made the law, not what the law strictly states. Therefore pushbacks are illegal because the EU lawmakers INTENDED for "pushbacks" to be illegal. They are supposed to be allowed in and then be heard at a trial where the EU will decide their immigration status as either an asylum seeker or illegal immigrant.
@@TheRealSykx but that's the thing: they didn't cross yet. They get maced and beaten to prevent the crossing because as soon as they cross they will have the full rights.
I'll be honest I don't really see the distinction. Why is it that we can beat and mace people in one case, but once they step one foot further and pass an imaginary line, then oh no suddenly it became bad? Hot take, maybe we shouldn't be beating migrants trying to cross the border to escape horrible living conditions.
@@hi__im_zack4890 a highly controversial statement there sir, it's almost as if you see people as like.... humans or something? 🤯
This is such a dreadful situation, the migrants hoping to escape their war torn countries for a better life being used as pawns by more powerful nations. The Eu also would buckle economically under uncontrolled and large scale migration. I think solving the issues that plague this countries is the right direction, but not through military means. Education and democracy would be a good start but hard to implement.
Yes I agree. Sadly though even democracy can be hijacked by super rich mining magnates and other super rich….
how do you know democracy is the best strategy for all these countries look a lot of the migrants there talking about are from the middle east where and it is war torn bc it's also being used as chess board usa, and all the European influences from now and the past has caused this crisis. Not allowing migrants to flee and holding them captive is hypocrisy. One side these ppl had a country but were being killed or dying of lack of human necessities bc of war cause by again usa Europe influences. On the other they trying to flee for better life that you wont let them have. So the real solution isnt so western democracy it's to give these migrants their country back and it fill it with human need like water and shelter until they as ppl can decide what is best for them
Sadly these groups have proven to not take educational opportunities seriously, immigrants in Germany show that they only enter the EU for money and not for work.
Since you they don't want to assimilate in the slightest why would anyone want to let them in. What would you do if you had a freeloader living in your home for more than 3 months and not doing anything to improve their situation? Their reason being they can get by on your money.
Why if you want to escape you are jumping through fences. Go, make your documents, why they make it illegal.
I live just dozens kilometers from kuznica.
Glad to hear reasons why regime of Belarus used people as weapon instead of just showing these poor people.
If we say that Lucasenko is Europe’s last dictator, then we are forgetting about his boss, Putin
Why Putin is dictator?
Putin is an autocrat. Russian elections are unfair but still not rigged
@@Anurag-xe2jp Putin was elected democratic way and still supported by majority of people of Russia. (Let's speak about Biden/Trump strange gap in USA and a number of other violations during the last elections. Does it mean that the last elections were falsified to install Dictator Biden's regime? )
@Anurag russian elections is ultrafair. It controlled 24/7 by CCTV with open translation and commisions of all parties on each location to vote. It was much more fair then USA elections... much more. Seems like you don't understand what are you talking about.
@@astroantares russian elections are not fair
My gf is a Belarusian living in England. It was a really stressful year trying to get her citizenship, now its over I often wondered why I was being paranoid... I see now that my paranoia was justified.
@Matija Dorđević goood point, shes actually from Ufa in Russia but i thought i would get more likes if i put byelorusian
Would it have helped if you had married her?
@@tabc6870 not in the UK, she had to get skilled work and be backed by her employer who is registered as a skilled employer, she has to show good english, and a degree scored her some points too, she had 4 months to get skilled work. and it had to be over 24k a year... she also had to keep 1.5k in a bank account for 3 months, and she needed to get her finger prints taken. The EU would have harsher laws for Russians. So, there is that.
Bless you and your gf
@Абзал Абзал maybe, but there is more chance to have a career
Absolutely true story. I am from Lithuania and am glad that with such content more people will be aware of what is happening in Europe.
We have to stick together.
Baltic Countries& Poland
Here is an interesting fact about Belarus:
The country first emerged as an independent entity at the end of World War I, but after about two years, it was annexed by Soviet-Russia. When that happened, it's goverment went into exile.... and remains there to this day, after a whole century. That's right.: Belarus still has a government-in-exile. After the collapse of the Sovietunion, they planned to return and formally give power to a democratically elected Belarussian government, but as Lukashenka took power, the plan was put on hold. So, they're waiting to this day.
Belarus has the longest lasting government in exile in history.
Where is this government in exile? How are they still alive since the WW1?
@@dritemolawzbks8574 I think their seat is in the US somewhere. Obviously, people change in that government too. Made of Belarussian exiles.
As a ukrainian it's even worse, since Belarus with Russia are now threatning to invade Ukraine with a war from the northern side... it's unsettling, since I live ~50 kms away from the border between Ukraine and Belarus.
Putin will never do it. Threatening is one thing, but actually allowing innocent people to be killed - that's different.
@@solo-angel you say that, but look at southern and eastern Ukraine :/
I feel for you! Inshallah Ukraine wouldn’t be invaded!
Btw your profile picture is epic cuteness! 🥺
@@TruthfulAndHumble thx :3
Trust me, it is not going to happen. But, if it happens to, NATO and the EU have Ukraine’s back.
“Europe’s last dictator”
Putin is still alive.
Agree. It is possible that he got this title back then when it still wasn't clear that Putin is also one more of this kind. So the name last dictator sticked to Lukashenko even though Putin is also a dictator.
Russia isn't europe
@@Nick-oy9rt Russia is Europe and its state The Russian Federation spans two continents. The border of Europe and Asia are the Ural mountains.
@@Nick-oy9rt Most of Russia’s land is in Asia, but most of its population is in Europe. The administrative capital Moscow is in the European side, and Putin was born in Saint Petersburg, on the European side of the country
Russia is it's own animal. It's not European.
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This really is some mind blowing news that I didn't even realize was happening in such a large part of the world. Phenomenal video Vox.
Lukashenko: *fakes several elections and breaks human rights*
EU: "That's a lot of sanctions!"
Lukashenko: *sends in migrants to EU*
EU: "How about a little more?!"
his plan back fired
Don’t worry he will try again in spring and summer. Next time try not EU should mind it’s own business and not to police europe. Europe starting to be a little warmonger
Ukraine shelling civilians of Donbas
EU: cant here you mate
US deploys weapons on Russian borders
EU : I literally cant here you
Belorussian vote rigging conspiracy appears
EU: Lets make some moves, here comes the sanctions
@@appualliyanaa bruh he didn't even make it seem legit he won like 90% of the vote according to the government
@@user-mx4sm9cv7e does that mean its EU’s business?
As I say every time - Atlas is and always has been the best thing Vox produces. I really love it.
Atlas is great for world issues, but I love Strikethrough for explaining domestic ones
I agree with you but this video in particular was not good, the video keeps talking very poor of the EU
@@jasjottamber7599 what should it do instead?
@@jasjottamber7599 So? If the EU does poor things then they should be talked about, don't see an issue with that
@@jinjunliu2401 when is China going to destroy the US please be soon
Don't care. Poland stronk. "It's better to face the sanctions rather than take migrants"
- love from Romania 🇷🇴
Poland has every right to protect its border, especially when under attack from a neighbouring country.
I am from Poland and I am so glad someone finally showed this topic as is and not only our forces stopping people on border
And as a Czech I am really thankfull to your government to have stoped them
@@JaroslavUrik Ahoi, Isn‘t your country hosting like no migrants at all?
It is probably better for those ppl to go back, poland is a filthy country, they probably didnt know that.
@@abee4447 Poland is cleaner, more agricultural, and safer than most countries in Western Europe, you are just spouting hate.
@@sowianskiwojownik5973 Country filled to the brim with racists so Abe E is not wrong.
"Europe's last dictator"
Yeah, sure
* crying in Russian *
Well, Russia isn't really considered Europe, so technically they aren't wrong.
*crying in Azerbaijani*
@@gt6225 Did you mean "isn't in European Union"? Because the last time i checked (and i live here, just to be clear) it is both in Europe and Asia
@@gt6225 what? But it is.
@@anastasiavoloshenko I don't think Russian elections are rigged. Of course they're still not fair but still Putin is more of an autocrat
Thanks so much for such an exhaustive video covering so much information in a matter of 10 mins video!
So it seems that if the EU just changed their laws, the leverage that these countries have would disappear.
Then again, the influx of migrants would most likely be too much for the EU to handle
Good luck
it would be scandalous, it would stain their "good guys" reputation. obviously they don't *want* the immigrants, but they can't make it so obvious
You have clearly misinterpreted the law, which does not refer to said "pushbacks" but instead to collective expulsions of migrants or groups of people already inside EU territory, which these migrants are not and are being prevented from being. The EU member countries are well within their sovereign rights to refuse illegal entry into their territory. The real culprit for this situation is the decrepit despotic farse clinging to power in Belarus. It's not the EU's responsibility to clean up manufactured messes by dictators pulling publicity stunts.
Its immoral, they should have let them in from the beginning
You're also misinterpreting the law though. By law, the EU countries are all bound to not deny human rights AT their border either, asylum being one of them.
I would agree on the first point but the eu is still violating their laws since there are not providing basic human rights to people caught in irregular border crossing. I would also argue that even if it was legal it is still immoral, it's everyone's responsibility to help those in desperate need. And i think you agree as well, i doubt that if you saw a child dying in the streets or a baby in a dumpster that you would turn your back and ignore them. I don't think that the eu should be forced to give them permanent residence even tho that would be good thing, but at the very least provide basic human needs and a temporary visa until the refugees can make their case in accordance with international law.
@@aturchomicz821 Wrong, rejecting illegal immigrants and defending your border is not immoral. It is Lukasjenko that is the bad guy here, not the EU.
@@sidremus What exactly do you mean by this? Do you mean that for example Poland should be giving supplies to the migrants on the other side of the border? Or do you mean asylum as in letting them in to the country and giving them protection?
6:10 Wait. Expulsions I understand, but pushbacks? The text you're showing doesn't say anything at all about pushbacks. Also an expulsion starts with the premise that the deported people are inside EU space, which is not the case here.
Sorry to say this but yes, there are pushbacks from EU territory. Some migrants manage to cross the border
If I remember correctly, EU doing "illegal" pushback in the sea. I believe it is on another Vox video too explaining about the newest migration agency(?) That have the power like a military
Belarus is part of the EU
@@612osiris what?
@@612osiris Belarus is NOT part of the EU
I agree 99% to whatever you said/ portrayed. Just one point. The guidelines of the EU apply to the countries of EU. When the video talked about the EU failing the migrants, humanly yes it's true. But the reality is, that they're technically not in the EU. So these guidelines don't apply to them.
Interesting how they want to escape the warzone, but not to the nearest safe country, but straight to Germany, France or UK.
They already mostly do it and the bordering countries already have a big number of immigrants, to the point that anti immigration parties are getting more and more power, so that's why they get sent there
I'm mexican, I think o have an understanding of why flee your own country, but also as a mexican, we have an immigrant crisis on our southern border and we cannot afford the support this migrants need, so i also understand countries that don't want to allow new migrants to enter. This is a complicated issue but I don't think sanctions will be enough to stop this crisis
But the EU, unlike Mexico, *can* afford to support the migrants. We just don't want to.
The US also uses Mexico as a buffer against central American immigrants. Why they keep bunching up at the border.
@@solalflechelles1216 the EU can afford it but does not have the capacity to do so. These are two different things. I’m from the Netherlands and the migrants that come in now are staying in emergency shelters were the conditions are no better than the warehouses where Belarus is putting them. I think Governments should do more to tackle the problems at the places of origins.
well this is different to the migrant crisis in the Americans is that there not being used by a petty dictator.
@@evilnet1 yeah people from Central America dont want to move to Mexico, theyd rather cross there to be able to cross to the much wealthier US and Canada
Would have made a great Vox borders episode
Well, now we have "uncharted" instead
it’s using borders formula
@@nickkowalski5209 let's wait uncharted to cover this.
Bring Harris back!
Harris is on his own now, he left a few years back.
Again proves that Human lives' have no value to this kind of politicians.
“ *(Alexander Lukashenko)* Europe’s last dictator”
*Victor Orban* _Am I a joke to you?_
Lukashenko is "Europe's last dictator."
Putin: Am I a joke to you?
Putin still has enough public support to be viewed as legitimate
Russian is Asian, not Europe
Putin still is subjected to a 'democratic' process regardless of its legitmacy
@@knightsljx most Russian's including Putin live in European Russia.
@@knightsljx "Russia" is Europe since it's capital is in it while "Siberia"(which is the large east land mass of russia) is Asia... If Russia alone it would be located under Europe... Since the Kievan Russ and moscovy was in Europe in the start before expanding east
Vox, you did mistake. Ukraine also applied sanctions against Lukashenko, so now is possible to flight to Belarus only through Russia.
Very funny that for foreigners the most tricky and unsafe way to travel in Minsk is via Russia
Really good video, but it would be nice to have a better explanation of what "flights more than doubling compared to the same period last year" means in light of the pandemic.
This is a terrible state of affairs. The Belarusian dictatorship should be ashamed.
Shame On You, Lukashenko! 😠😠😠😠
Europe trying to outsource the migration crisis paying EU money to non EU Nations is laughable... Just genius move...
@@bacillus2424 wrong thing*
@@TheLuxGuy2018 I think they said that in sarcasm because everyone is in the wrong here except the migrants themselves.
@@TheLuxGuy2018
Poland shall defend Europe as they did back in 1683
What is Europe suppose to do? Take everyone in?! Its a terrible situation, but i don't think they have a choice.
The number of migrants would be much less if NATO were not playing in Iraq and Syria. An unjustified war has produced unjustified consequences.
@@rajatlotw What about the war in Yemen?
There aren't even that many migrants currently and many of which are only there because of the EU's interference in other countries. I think the UK as well should take migrants since we helped imvade iraq(with eu countries like poland).
Just imprison everyone and create law that makes inmates pay for themself
One step would be to do the border control themselves instead of other countries who exploit the immigrant.
Very informative video! Never got an overview like this from the news.
I'm from Sweden and I have never seen the EU on this side
As an Algerian, I partially understand now why our own civilians migrates to Europe with no authorities involved to stop them.
(Context : not because we have war or a crisis, the youth here have difficulties to find opportunities and make a good living and had enough with our society’s mentality and system. If I was offered to leave my beautiful country and leave my family behind for me and my wife to find a bright future for our kids, I unfortunately wouldn’t hesitate)
Most people would. I've moved between countries to better my life. I just have the resources to do it legally so no one has a problem with it.
@@owenb8636 yeah thing is I’m living the city where most migrants depart from here to Europe and I keep hearing news sometimes some succeed but most didn’t.
Living in poverty is like living in a perpetual state of war. Especially in poorer countries with next to no social safety nets
I am a Belgian from Moroccean origin and I can definitely understand. It's not helped by the fact that the conflict between Morocco and Algeria is weakening the countries.
I've a question: why don't you, y'know, instead of coming over to EU, build up your own countries and make life better there instead of coming over here, imposing sharia law, not even learning the local languages, making ZERO attempts at integration and completely disrespecting our people and traditions here? Okay, the western europe maybe, they're colonizers. But what the heck did the eastern europe ever do to you? Also, surprise newsflash, it's -16C here atm and it'll get colder. Weather's trash, it's cold and windy. And you live next to the mediterran. Makes no sense to me.
Another important part of the story omitted in this video is that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine with the help of Belarus. The help consists of creating diversion at the EU border, letting the Russian army through and possibly participating in the agression
Source?
@@mohammedibourki9376 Observation
You don't need high IQ to figure out their intentions
@@mohammedibourki9376 It's in every Baltic countries news sites.
Try not to blindly follow mainstream news channels...
Firstly, if Russia did plan on invading somewhere the likelihood is that they wouldn't be parading their forces for weeks for all the world to see. Also, what would be the cost vs benefit? Annexing Crimea was for to strategic navy advantage, it was something Russia would have never let go.
Secondly Russia (as well as most allied countries) regularly hold military exercises. Russia holds its exercises once a year in different regions, if you look back at the history of these exercises you will see this is a scheduled planned event which is being promoted by the mainstream media as invasion prep
@@MichaelNickolai oh man, your funny excuses make drznadvago's theory much more plausible!
Awesome work in this video, excellent explanation!
You're suggesting that solution to the problem is to let them in. That's naive.
Few mistakes with the translation
"If you lose your first president it will be the beginning of the end."
He actually said - If you lose your president it will be the beginning of your end.
"If you want to go in the western direction we won't capture, smother, or beat you up. It's your will. If you want to go, go."
He actually said - If you can get through/manage to get through, go.
Thx
Why EU ? Why cant prominent ME nations like Saudi and Oman and UAE welcome these migrants ?
Because arabs hate other arabs.
Cause they see through these people. They know that these migrants are lazy and don't want to work. In UAE, Oman, etc. they would have to work. In Germany they can claim they need help and live off of the free money benefits.
@@dhaloh this pretty much, the EU needs to update its asylum and immigration criteria, refugees from Iraq or Afghanistan I can get behind, but why should we welcome economic migrants whose countries of origin are stable and at peace?
They know would never put up with thier demanding anything!!
I'm a Saudi and I could answer this by 3 main ideas
First, Saudi Arabia has a total of 2.5 million Syrian residents by the year 2015 also, the SA has other countries' immigrants which total 36% of the overall population.
Second, prominent ME nations are all drained and weakened by western&Russian control over their resources...etc and U.S ensures that the ME dictators are still in their places to maintain leverage (same goes for Russia).
Third, being ruled by dictators for long times and having them all around make these countries have a weaker unsustainable economy and in the end, no one wants to flee a dictator for sake of having another dictator to be ruled under.
Hope I delivered my thoughts
(Edited just to fix a couple of grammatical errors and typos)
Since I had my own child, I cannot watch clips of struggling, deprived and afraid migrant families, especially children, without feeling upset. So much for everyone being born into this world equally... There is no such thing. There is only luck. And hopefully after you get lucky at birth, you can get lucky again in life.
That's why we are here -- to help the less fortunate ones, in some way or another. :)
That has become my favorite channel. Amazing how you put your content.
From what I can see, the code prevents EXPULSION. But these people arent in Poland/Lithuania, so they arent being expulsed, they´re just being denied entry.
The moment they step into poland borders, they are inside poland and EU law kicks in. They are being denied entry, thats true, but they are still able to break down barriers and enter illegaly. Just because they entered illegaly, does not mean that their minimum rights granted to them dont apply.
@@user-wr9hc6gf2n No. For law to kick in you have to cross legally at point of entry.
@@huihui5059 Human Rights apply anywhere, no matter which door you pass through.
@@user-wr9hc6gf2n Migration is not a human right, but privlige given by native inhabitants, that they can give away in quantities they wish to and to people they wish to.
@@huihui5059 The united Nations have signed treaties and declarations. They have to respect for human rights of humans inside their nation, regardless of their status. People like you should read up on the topic a bit more, this lack of knowledge is extremely dangerous.
A lot of this video is an effort to suggest that the fault is on both sides, when it really is not. Letting migrants make asylum applications is indeed a right, and all EU countries abide by it, but it becomes untenable when a crisis is manufactured and there is an inflow of thousands of people at a single time. Striking deals with countries around the Mediterranean to keep out migrants is not the best solution, but it's the least bad solution. Allowing these desperate migrants to make perilous journeys right up to EU's borders is not only going to cause more suffering, it will inundate the EU's border to a point that asylum applications will become too much to handle. Considering the fact that most of the migrants are illegal economic migrants, a large inflow of people will hurt the claims of legitimate refugees, who will have to be kept out with the rest.
Idealism is great, but sometimes one has to be grounded in the practical realities of the world too.
Honestly out of everyone here, you make the most logical sense.
Now if only Vox and liberal media applied this logic to the United States border too instead of calling it racist.
Well that is definitely true, but they didn't portray the EU Policy as negative. They just presented the facts. And it is a fact that human rights are being violated in these regions. That doesn't mean there is a better option to solving this problem.
It is, but it's also true that Poland and Greece both have a habit of doing everything in their power to stop people getting to the point of making an asylum application. It's a shame that two of the countries on Europe's outer border have an unfortunate recent history of being ruled by governments that see migrants primarily as a problem.
true. we dont have the capacity to help all refugees, but we should still try to help as many as we can.
Thank you Vox for covering this. You and your team made this issue much easier to understand.
"If you lose your first president, it'll be the beginning of the end..."
... of the last dictatorship, thank you.
look some countries literally fall a hard fall if they lose their dictators like lybia and iraq
Nobody has a right to relocate wherever they want to. Europe is not a homeless shelter.
Finally someone with common sense.
But imagine youre in their position, living in a country thats controlled by dictators, in a country where its war, in a country you dont have the opportunities to make something of your live. Wouldnt you try to go to a safe country/region where you will probaly have a good live.
And who made you or anyone else the owner of this earth?
@@onbekend960 they don’t search for safety, they just transit through Europe to go the the richest countries to feed them. (Not talking about refugees who truly need help, but economic migrants like these).
@@SmileyIQ I'm the owner of my taxes and my land, so I also have the rights to not let illegal migrants into my country. However if they enter legally like everyone else, then I have absolutely no problem.
"europe's last dictator", cmon, are you forgetting putin?
Since Russia is part of Europe and Asia it’s in a league of its own
Also in our country, Latvia, already about 1500 immigrants sneaked into, because our border was the weakest
Thank god you guys covered this properly
Lukashenko claimed his sympathies to the Hitler, and there's an audio record of that. Boris Nemtsov one of the major critics of Putin's regime described Lukashenko as a "slavic Gaddafi, he's a killer, dictator, he has nowhere to retreat, he burned all the bridges, he is a completely deranged person" in March of 2011. The girlfriend of Roman Protasevich - Sofia Sapega is Russian citizen and she was with Roman, she faces imprisonment for about 6 years, despite of cooperating with authorities in exchange for house arrest at least. She's in shock right now and Russia is hardly willing to do anything. Also, check documentary "An Ordinary president" 1996, highly critical of Lukashenko. Apparently Lukashenko involved in assassination of opposition leaders for a long time, take the case of disappearance of Yury Zacharanka for example.
Thank you for sharing this information! Lukashenko is indeed one of the bloodiest dictators this continent has seen in the past decades. Considering the current scale of repressions in Belarus, we, Belarusians, often compare him to his idols - Hitler and Gaddafi. And this story had begun long before Putin could be technically added to the list of European dictators. Perhaps that's why the nickname of "Europe's last dictator" has stuck to Lukashenko so firmly. He has been abusing the people of Belarus for over a quarter of a century already.
@@bahdan5573 Привет из Питера) Жыве Беларусь!
@@quite1enough Жыве!
LOL, in what kind of isolated fantasy world do you live ? Look at Lybia now without Gaddafi, destroyed in tribal wars, a failed state. If Lukashenko is like Gaddafi then he should stay in power for as long as he can otherwise Belarus will be in ruins.
@@antoniorsoftware sorry dude, but it's narrow-minded. If you believe that the fact that Lybia ended up being a failed state is the consequence of Gaddafi's death, but not Gaddafi's 42 years of repressive rule, then we are not likely to find a common ground in the discussion. The longer Lukashenko stays in power polarising Belarusian society and blocking any alternatives to this tyranny, the more chances for Belarus to end up as a failed state.
As Russian i will say - keep pushing EU! More sanction on Lukashenko regime! Close the borders completely. No trade or negotiations with terrorists.
Poland be strong! Belarussian brothers - don't give up. Dictatorship will fall in Belarus, and then, like domino, in Russia as well.
For our freedom and yours !
Za naszą i waszą wolność !
За нашу и вашу свободу !
yeah this situation is basically geological political gaslighting
That's weird. Most Russians I've talked to supported Putin and current anti EU/Polish agenda.
We are just ROFL on you. "Europe"
@@astroantares what are you trying to say "ази"?
What gives any person in the world the right to choose any country they want and demand entry and permanent residency? I live in the USA but I would like to demand permanent residency in Switzerland.
While I see your point, keep in mind that these refugees are not demanding entry into Europe just because they think Switzerland would be nice, they are leaving conflict areas. The first part of your statement still stands, but I believe you have compared apples to oranges here.
I don't understand your question really. Why wouldn't we have the right to live wherever we want? Just because you are born somewhere doesn't mean you want to live there? Especially when there is war.
I mean, i am very privileged, my home country is a first world country. But i would love to live somewhere else, and with my passport it is quite easy to emigrate. Why is it different for people from places where there is war??
I suggest then you familiarize yourself with the Swiss immigration laws, I am sure there is a way to do it. Especially coming from a country like the US.
So true. I took me 5 years to get Canadian Residency, And I had to go through the legal process and prove my eligibility.
Its kinda unsettling if somebody can just get the same by just entering illegally.
@@prometheus4616 Are you in general an adherent to the gospel of "I had it hard, so nobody else can have it easy, ever"?
This feels like something out of a tv show
No EU laws were broken Vox. Get it right. They are on the Belarusian side and the ones that have been apprehended on the Polish side were sent to Refugee camps under Polish and EU law
Of course no EU laws were broken when these migrants were prevented from crossing to the EU/Poland. Migrants are kept back with tear gas, barbed wire and brute force. They don't even have a chance of making it to the refugee camps when it's almost physically impossible to make the crossing. 🙄
@@kingofhoneybadgers exactly no laws were broken and there would be no tear gas and barbed wire if they were not cutting down the border fence and throwing rocks at our soldiers
@@kingofhoneybadgers common sense
@@aleksk318 No, there were many situations when Migrants were pushed back even when they'd been on the polish side.
@@mufadakar3141 proof
im in dubio, to blame europe for the evil hostage taking of migrants seems incorrect, and yes i would call this a hostage situation, he uses mirgants as a social weapon
This what vox does
They are an organisation made up of champagne socialists so they think the EU should greet these people with flowers at the border
I suggest send them to their offices so they know what it feels like
Europe is not the same as eu
@@caio5987 that's cool as long as they can also send you back to try and escape Syria or Afghanistan to see what that's like. You can then reunite at the end and discuss who had the worse experience.
It's really sad what's happening in Belarus rn, my parents came from there almost 26 years ago now on the Jewish Refugee program, but now they can hardly go back there safely to even visit.
does this migrant blockade applies to Ukraine as well?
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oh noo.. they're white christian and civilized ppl
They are.
@putin is allah dude people from the middle East are refugees too not just Ukrainians
"Europe last dictator"
Putin: *[LAUGH IN RUSSIAN]*
Is Merkel is still Germany dictator or she had finished her mission?
Vučić: [LAUGH IN SERBIAN]
Laugh in Russian AKA "Хахахаха!" _(also applies to Serbian)_
Overall good video, but 6:10: most of the migrants didn't actually cross into the EU so they were not expelled from the EU
Thank you Poland, for protecting Europe's Eastern border Please stay strong for all our sakes Love and appreciation from Britain
Protecting the border from what exactly? Cold and Hungry looking for someplace to live and work?
Britain doesn't belong to EU anymore
@Junior That's mainly due to eastern european migrants (polish,russian,romanian)
England left the eu m8😂 you don’t have to accept immigrants anymore (not that you did much compared to other countries anyway )
@@Mimi-mq2wj The EU is a political organisation,and yes,Britain is no longer part of that However, Britain is part of Europe geographical and cultural Britain is part of European civilisation Wether Belarus succeeds or fails in their attempts to destabilise our security welfare and civilisation concerns every european We are all threatened by this jehadi invasion We will survive together, or we will be destroyed together
This is the best thing I’ve seen on Vox in a long time. Keep it up!
Vox: The Eu has created a crisis
Assad: Oh good, that means I'm off the hook
this needs to go higher!
Well if they aren’t going to stop selling him weapons and compromising with him, at the very least they can take in all the people who don’t want to live in a mafia-state
@@AttaBek1422 are you on drugs? It’s Putin who is selling weapons to al-Assad, and surprisingly, Russia in not a part of the EU.
If I were Lukashenka, I would be very happy about this video, I read the message here as "yeah, the last dictator of Europe is doing mean things, but it is EU's fault too", and it is just the logic both him and Putin want us to exercise, so they can come and say the world is grey and their dictatorship can continue to exist.
And they would be right. You sound as if pleading to hide factual truths. Is the truth what’s been shown. The EU is partially at fault. They breed dictators when they shift their responsibilities to other people. Lol
umm EU is absolutely monstrous too for not letting in immigrants.
Thanks for the insight
The irony is that the eu is doing the exact same thing that Belarus is doing to the uk ( at least France is)
Very true
I have a few questions: Why do these “immigrants” bother to go to EU, when Saudi Arabia is bordering Iraq and Syria? How much do these pay to human traffickers to get to EU? What is the basic salary in the countries they flee from? Is migration not a legal act with legal documents, papers, passports, etc? Should the EU open their borders for all who please? Should every other country open their borders for anyone who pleases to? What about the millions of people who stay in these countries they flee from? Wouldn’t it be better to help a country in need than to help individuals who paid lots of money to get to EU? Should everyone have the right to go to the USA without documents and have the right to social assistance? Why do we still have borders, identity papers, migration laws? Why do people still buy oil from Saudi Arabia when all these migrants aren’t welcome there? Why do these migrants aren’t happy when they got to Turkey, but still want to go on to EU? Weren’t they fleeing, or are they on a journey with a destination?
What Lukachenko did was unforgivable, and should never be repeated in human history again. That’s why it was so unhumanly difficult for the EU to react. The saddest thing of all is that he still is in power, and also that those countries of origin are still unable to rise up from their poverty (economically as mentally). But hey, I’m sure most of who are writing and criticizing here will be watching the World Cup in Qatar. (Sadly)
You shouldn't talk logic with left just listen. The elephant is the room is always Islam.
Half of the countries they are fleeing from were bombed for 20 years by the good ol' USA. 'Murrica!!!
You talk about the countries of their origin as if it’s not global superpowers like the united states, the EU, Russia etc who created the whole mess there😑
Maybe because Saudi Arabia is the leading cause of conflict in Iraq/Syria? If you don't want immigrants then stop exploiting cheap foreign labour (slavery). People are leaving because they don't want to work for $0.30 an hour.
Vox calling Lukashenko Europe's last dictator.
Putin: Am I a joke to you?
Putin is Tzar
it's not Vox who called him that... It's how the entire mainstream media described him
russia is not europe lol
Russia is not Europe and will never be
Hello, I'd really like to use the image shown at 8:30 for an assignment with a full credit to you - would that be possible please?
Your videos are just so so so well produced.
my question is, where was this kind of an episode when Turkey was doing the exact same thing to Greece, last year, "weaponizing" immigrants .
Especially since Turkey was doing it despite being paid off by the EU not to, and especially cause they are still doing it, admittedly not to the same extent .
i bet you didn't watch the entire video
Meanwhile France is freely allowing Migrants to travel across the channel to get into the UK, allowing human traffickers to operate out in the open in a northern France in clear view of Police all while simultaneously decrying the actions of Belarus
@@syimirsafrizal3983 love the unsubstantiated response .
@Uncle Thomas Turkey is next to syria you know that right? The migration flow is not the same, like at all.
Flying in migrants, yes totally the same as bordering Syria. Balrus created it's own problem, Turkey did not.
Don't misunderstand what rights those migrants had in this situation. They don't have a right to freely enter a country that isn't their own. They have a right to medical care, to not be separated from family, and non-refoulement. National governments, on the other hand, have a clear right to determine who may and may not enter the country.
EU gives migrants the right to officially seek asylum in the country that intercepted their crossing too
They do have the right to asylum in the country they were trying to enter in, according to EU law and the UN charter of human rights.
@@awwastor Yes, they do, but in this situation they are not just people, but weapons used by Lukashenko... If your neighbor pushed some stranger through your window, what would you do, pay his bills, take care of him? Or would you push him back right where he came from?
@@awwastor That's just abusing the meaning of asylum and international laws. Asylum is reserved for refugees, not for every economic migrants seeking a better life. The problem with the European migration crisis is that every migrant who comes asks for asylum, and they come in the hundreds of thousands.
*they arrive
What a great video. Thanks!!
Superb video. As a European I found this to be very shocking and some of it is really not talked about enough
To claim that the EU, Poland, Lithuania or Latvia failed the migrants in this scenario is ridiculous. That would be like like blaming Bolivia. We all know where the blame lies, no need to spread it around without reason.
where does the blame lay?
I mean, they wouldn’t have this issue if the EU set up the refugee camps or managed the immigrants. Can’t use a problem that does exist as blackmail, so if there was no migrants going to Belarus then they wouldn’t have this issue. Not that it’s an end of the world issue, if it was it would have never been outsourced.
Ehh the blame lies many places but they are included. The EU or for that matter most of the developed world could absorb way more people if they wanted too. They could also incentives people to stay in their home countries fairly cheaply. A libertarian perspective and a liberal one both lead to the conclusion that people should have the right to move freely between countries. In addition even if they want to keep migrants out they should do it on their own borders. Of course the blame also lies on the leaders in places that the people are leaving from. And it certainly also lies on Belarus/Putin specifically for tricking migrants.
Can you really tell, where the blame lies? I think the matter is much more complicated.
@@yucol5661 they flew them in via Turkey, so Lukaschenko created a new problem
This video was well made and explained so many things! Thank you for the Atlas series. I really love them and hope that you can make more!
Europe should protect it's own citizens; Europeans, first, and then if we have the resources and expertise we can help foreigners second.
Yeah, all these out of touch american liberals that don't what they've done to europe
fell in love with the ending sound note
Thanks for not using "no man's land term" like some do. good explanation. Good video
Although it is indeed contrary to EU law to push migrants back, VOX fails to explain one important detail: EU law is not above the law of the individual nation state. This means that Poland can do whatever it pleases in regards to its own border, and EU border guards like Frontex can only assist and not make their own plans. In order to have a coherent border policy across all of EU's external borders they need to be controlled at the federal level. And that is not going to happen anytime soon. So until then the policies that govern the EU's borderlands will be fractured as it is now. This is why the EU pays off all these other countries: it's the only way for them to have power over ANY external border. Nevertheless, it's a sad situation for those trapped in these awful camps.
Just to add to this. It depends on the case. Usually the EU sets limits (minimums and maximums) and the states can choose, a recent example of this would be the Added Value Tax.
EU law is above nations laws, its just that many times EU doesn't technically make laws, but rather recomendations. Also the EU usually ignores certain "law breaking" by nations as is the case in many nations (everyone is equal, everyone should have a home, bla bla bla).
Nevertheless I as an Asian outsider find the situation far more sad if EU be flooded by migrants. Those hypocrisies who don't even care how to govern the country and their so called "kindness" only lead to social crisis within. Like German had some taste of it when Merkel trying to show off how generous German is
The principles of the EU are that its law is very much above the law of the nation states.
The one thing most forget to mention is sovereignty. Also if these migrants were to settle in your own home town would you think differently about migration? Especially knowing it was politically motivated and not a humanitarian gesture.
@@BS-Fact-checker Yes, the principle of sovereignty is that the entering states sovereignly and willingly pass their authority to the EU. Very different from the international law. I would think the same because "these migrants" are people who need help.
This video is so good it should have so many more views
Where is American army?
Imagine if it was war, americans would run away faster than Usain Bolt 😂
Stay strong poland
Great report, super video! Was not aware of any of this. Thanks for covering this tragedy!
"we won't capture, smother or beat you up", basic human rights.. no way, thanks mate
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