Poland-Belarus: Tsikhanowskaya warns against closed borders

Svyatlana Tsikhanowskaya urges Poland to keep the Belarus border open, warning against a "new iron curtain".

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUK General ElectionUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC VerifySportBusinessFuture of BusinessTechnology of BusinessWork CultureInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersBelarus opposition leader warns Poland over borders 22 hours agoShareEPASvetlana Tikhanovskaya fled Belarus after elections which she is widely thought to have wonExiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has urged the Polish government not to shut down border crossing points between the two countries.

"Keeping Belarusians connected to Europe is crucial," she said in a post on X, adding that people could not be left "behind a new iron curtain".

Earlier on Sunday, Poland's foreign minister said Warsaw was considering closing the remaining border checkpoints with Belarus to try to stem illegal migration.

Poland says that Belarus has been encouraging people from the Middle East and Africa to travel to Belarus and then cross the border illegally to Poland.

In 2021 the European Union accused Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko of facilitating the influx in retaliation against sanctions.

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