Brussels will send a mission to Minsk to help the repatriation of migrants blocked in the EU border country.
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Officially, the tone remains firm and the threat of sanctions is always agitated. “Europe does not face a migratory crisis, but to an attempt to destabilize with a totalitarian regime not recognized by the EU,” said Tuesday, November 23, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen , before the Parliament of Strasbourg. Charles Michel, his counterpart of the Council, has mentioned an inadmissible “intimidation attempt” to describe the maneuver of the dictatorial regime of Minsk, who attempted to massively penetrate migrants into the territory of the twenty-seven.
In reality, the attitude of the European Union with regard to the Belarusian regime, with which, in principle, it had closed all diplomatic channels, poses more and more questions.
Tuesday, the Commission emphasized the importance of the new provisions it has adopted: a legal framework that would sanction the transport companies involved in a trafficking of migrants, such as 7,698 which, according to a statement established. Brussels, arrived in Belarus before being sent Manu Militari to the EU borders. 4,222 in Lithuania, 3,062 in Poland and 414 in Latvia. Some 40,000 people in total have, since the beginning of the year, attempted to leave the Belarusian territory, according to the Commission. Iraqis and Afghans Prostically, but also Belarusian citizens who were trying to flee the dictatorship of President Alexander Loukachenko.
Exchanges in principle frozen
If it is endorsed by the Member States, the proposal presented on Tuesday will authorize the twenty-seven suspended or limiting the operations of companies organizing the transport of individuals by land, maritime or air, or even to prohibit them in the EU. “The majority of the Fleet of the company [Belarusse] Belavia consists of planes rented to Union companies,” said Charles Michel. A decision will be taken to end it. It is imminent. “
These companies, ease of the Gulf, Arab or Turkey countries, actually have already been clearly identified. They could, in theory, be prohibited the overview of the territory of the Union, the right of transit or stopover, or that of providing services at the destination, or within the Union .
Will this heavy weapon really be used, or warning it only for the future? “We first practiced gentle diplomacy and companies were fully committed to fighting this traffic. They are voluntary to stop the influx of people to Belarusse,” Tuesday commented on the Transport Commissioner Adina Valean. A remarks that suggests that it is especially a form of appeasement that is sought.
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