Poland demands NATO step in to deal with Muslim migrant crisis on border with Belarus
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
The EU should have stepped up at the beginning of the crisis. Poland finds itself stuck in the middle of a conflict between the EU and Belarus, while the open-door EU merely observes developments and pays ineffectual lip service to the problem. Now Poland is calling on NATO –while the leaders of Latvia and Lithuania are considering “invoking Article 4 of the NATO Treaty” — which reflects the seriousness of the escalation. Last week, countries bordering Belarus warned that the Muslim migrant crisis could escalate into a military confrontation.
It is stunning to witness the fear and intimidation of globalist EU leaders in the face of the escalating level of encroachment upon the sovereignty of member nations. This would never be tolerated by Islamic countries: many are keeping out Muslim migrants, and some are even resorting to violence to do so.
The mainstream media has not reported adequately about the treatment of refugees in countries such as Turkey, Iran and Libya. Instead, they have targeted Poland, prompting Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to warn about disinformation campaigns by Moscow and Belarus, stating that “some recent articles in the US gave him chills.” That is nothing new, since the establishment media has largely become an arm of the state.
This video was shared on Twitter by Poland’s Ministry of the Interior and Administration, demonstrating the chaos at the border. Polish authorities are heard warning migrants about the consequences of not following orders.
“Poland’s PM issues demand to NATO over standoff with Belarus,” RT, November 14, 2021:
Words are not enough to resolve the refugee crisis on Poland’s border with Belarus, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said, demanding that NATO take “concrete steps” to deal with the issue.
“There is no doubt that things have gone too far,” Morawiecki told the Polish PAP news agency on Sunday, adding that “words alone are not enough to stop” Minsk, which Warsaw has accused of orchestrating the border crisis.
The prime minister also revealed that he and the leaders of Latvia and Lithuania were considering invoking Article 4 of the NATO Treaty to encourage the alliance to take some action over the situation on Poland’s eastern border with Belarus.
Article 4 says parties to the treaty are to hold consultations “whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened.”
It is not enough to just “publicly express our concern,” Morawiecki said, adding that “commitment” and “concrete steps” were needed from all the NATO members. He said he was in constant contact with other European leaders and recently spoke to European Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen. He said US President Joe Biden was aware of what Morawiecki described as Minsk’s “provocative actions.”
The Polish head of government also said new sanctions against Belarus were on the table and would be considered at the next emergency summit of the European Council requested by Poland. “We will certainly discuss further sanctions, including the complete closure of the border,” he said.
Morawiecki accused Minsk – and Moscow – of waging a “disinformation” campaign against Poland to blame it for the crisis. He also urged Western media not to fall for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s “manipulations” in exchange for access to the refugee camps, adding that some recent articles in the US gave him chills. He also encouraged the media to rely on “reliable confirmed information” provided by Poland through a specially created state-run portal.
Thousands of asylum seekers, mostly from the Middle East, have been camping out at the Belarusian border. The EU accuses Belarus of orchestrating the crisis….