The eu has stood by poland and the baltic states on this. They're trying to project an image of unity, because europe has a shared problem in responding,. not to this crisis, but the kind of broader issue of having an increasingly rogue dictator backed by russia on your doorstep. And poland probably isn't the final destination for a lot of these migrants. He's not been previously spoken about about helping pull and fund some kind of structure at the border, be that a wall or a fence. Based on an opinion of the ledal service of the towsil it's legally possible, based on the prevent legal framework at the upen level, to finace
Belarus is promising migrants passage to Europe knowing the EU will turn them away.
Today’s show was produced by Haleema Shah with help from Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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