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Sindhuja Sankaran
Aug 27, 20222 min read
Her feet were white and yellow, covered in hardened skin
Here you can read the summary of an article published in OKO.press by one of the volunteers, Marianna*, living in the Podlasie region in...
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Sindhuja Sankaran
Jul 29, 20221 min read
Polish border guards unsuccessful in deporting an Iraqi asylum seeker
Recently, the Polish Border Guards made an unsuccessful attempt to deport a 30-year-old Iraqi. The deportation was blocked by a plane...
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Sindhuja Sankaran
Jul 27, 20222 min read
Josephine had a miscarriage
Here you can read the summary of an article published in OKO.pressThis story concerns Josephine, Manuel, and their two children from...
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Sindhuja Sankaran
Jul 26, 20222 min read
Can we at least take a taxi to McDonald's?
Here is a first-hand account of one of the volunteers helping carry out civil rescue operations at the border in Podlasie. "On a rainy...
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Marta Krzesińska
May 26, 20222 min read
Lukashenko approved death penalty for 'attempted acts of terrorism'- Activists at risk
The unlawful leader of #Belarus, Alexander #Lukashenko, has approved an amendment to the capital punishment law, which allows the death...
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Rethinking Refugees
May 18, 20222 min read
Unequal treatment of refugees within the Polish legal system
Since the beginning of the #Russian aggression on #Ukraine, over 3 million refugees have arrived in #Poland. Even though much of the...
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Zuzanna Wysocka
May 7, 20222 min read
Selective compassion - Contradictory Media narratives about refugees
In August 2021, the #Polish media first reported on a group of #asylumseekers stuck on the Polish-#Belarusian#border. Since then, the...
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Paulina Odeth
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Criminilisation of solidarity in Poland
On March 23rd, four Polish #activists were arrested on suspicion of smuggling people over the PL-BA border and could face an 8-year...
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Paulina Odeth
Jan 25, 20222 min read
Is it sage for refugees at the Polish-Belarusian border to be deported?
Most #asylumseekers at the Polish-Belarusian border have been forced to flee their homes, either by #war, persecution, or natural...
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Wiktoria Cacace
Jan 24, 20222 min read
The story of Firaz at the Polish-Belarusian border
People often ask, "Why can't #refugees go back to their country?". Even though there is no simple answer for this, the general rule of...
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Wiktoria Cacace
Jan 23, 20222 min read
What happened to the asylum seekers from Uznarz Gorny at the Polish-Belarusian border?
August 2021. #Usnarz Górny, a village in the north-eastern Podlasie region of #Poland. A group of 50 #asylumseekers was stopped by the...
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Sindhuja Sankaran
Jan 22, 20224 min read
10 stories of refugees who lost their lives at the Polish-Belarusian border - PART 3
Story 7 - Mostafa al-Raimi (35, #Yemen). Mostafa Al-Raimi comes from a wealthy family. His father was a judge, and his brother works in...
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Paulina Odeth & Sindhuja Sankaran
Jan 20, 20223 min read
10 stories of refugees who lost their lives at the Polish-Belarusian border - PART 2
Story 4 - Ahmed Hamed al-Zabhawi (29, Iraq). Ahmed was married, and his daughter Azal is two years old. Despite graduating from #business...
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Paulina Odeth & Sindhuja Sankaran
Jan 18, 20224 min read
10 stories of refugees who lost their lives at the Polish-Belarusian border - PART 1
The border between #Poland and #Belarus has turned into a death trap, wherein refugees are moved between the two borders. As a result,...
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Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
Jan 15, 20222 min read
Construction of a new border wall at the Białowieża forest
Have you ever thought about how many terrible repercussions a border fence or #wall can have? A barbed wire is already in place at the...
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Hector Franco
Jan 13, 20222 min read
Children in danger at the Polish-Belarusian border
The situation at the border between #Poland & #Belarus is reaching dangerous terrain; both governments accuse each other of destabilising...
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Wiktoria Cacace
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Asylum seekers in Wędrzyn (Poland) go on hunger strike
As reported by oko.press, 8 Afghan and 2 Syrian #asylumseekers residing in the #Wędrzyn#refugeecenter have started a hunger strike. They...
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Rethinking Refugees
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Sick 18-year-old Syrian boy taken from hospital and pushed back to Belarus
On Jan 10, a group of activists of @fundacjaocalenie found an 18-year-old #Syrian boy in near-death condition in the forest near...
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Sophia Graziano
Jan 6, 20222 min read
Poland's pushback law breaches the Geneva convention
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees the right to claim #asylum, i.e. the right “to seek and to enjoy (...)...
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Paulina Odeth
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Polish border guards push unaccompanied minor with epilepsy to Belarus
A 16-year-old #Syrian boy diagnosed with #epilepsy is currently being monitored in Bobrownik after being taken there by the Border Guard...
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