Poland minister denies 'pushback' of pregnant Eritrean woman at border - BBC News

Activists say the woman gave birth alone in a forested area at the border with Belarus.

20 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Poland says Belarus has been encouraging people from the Middle East and Africa to travel to Belarus and cross the border illegally to PolandBy Lipika PelhamBBC NewsPoland has denied that a pregnant Eritrean woman gave birth alone at the Poland-Belarus border after activists said soldiers had "pushed her back".

Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Duszczyk told the BBC the woman came to the Polish border with her newborn and was taken to hospital.

But activists said she had previously tried to enter Poland and had been in the forested border area for a month.

The new Polish government has vowed a "more humanitarian" border policy.

But activists say that Polish border guards are continuing to push back migrants who are attempting to cross the border from Belarus. Poland accuses Belarus of encouraging the flow of migrants as an act of "hybrid warfare".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68912810

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