Desperate migrants trapped between Belarus, Poland amid geopolitical row
By DW
15 October 2021 |
10:38 am
Migrants and asylum-seekers in eastern Poland say they have been illegally pushed back to neighboring Belarus multiple times without due asylum process. DW reports on the humanitarian crisis from the border region.
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