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Gursimran Bakshi
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Refugee protection failures of 2021
The struggle of #refugees, #asylumseekers and the internally displaced often remains unseen till date, their rights violated and needs...
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Sophia Graziano
Dec 30, 20212 min read
Winter and pushbacks in the Polish-Belarusian border
The Polish #borderguards moved 9 frozen and hungry #asylumseekers from #Poland to the cold Belarusian forest the night before...
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Rethinking Refugees
Dec 23, 20212 min read
I'd rather die than go back to Belarus
During a three-day intervention in Puszcza Augustowska, a harsh forest terrain between Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, Grupa Granica (GG)...
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Rethinking Refugees
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Grodno
Many #asylumseekers have attempted to enter the #EU through #Poland. However, it is still a turbulent situation at the border, especially...
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Rethinking Refugees
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Can asylum seekers at the Polish-Belarusian border be deported?
"Refugees should go back to their own countries” This is the kind of narrative that is often heard amongst the general public, however,...
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Rethinking Refugees
Nov 14, 20212 min read
Doctors' cars damaged at the Polish-Belarusian border
A few days ago, the ambulance tires of Medycyn na Granicy (Doctors at the border) were deflated. Today, unknown perpetrators damaged...
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Rethinking Refugees
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Polish soldiers deflated the ambulance tires at the Polish-Belarusian border
On November 9th, the Medycy na Granicy (Doctors at the border) team assisted 8, including a woman with an arm injury. Unfortunately, due...
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Rethinking Refugees
Oct 16, 20212 min read
Medics at the Polish-Belarusian border
Many people have died at the borders due to hypothermia. The temperatures are reaching 0 at night. They have no medicines for the chronic...
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 26, 20212 min read
Belarus Protests 2020
In August 2020, #Belarus was thrown onto the stage of global politics as an upsurge of anti-government protests swept the country....
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 22, 20211 min read
Belarusian migration
There has always been a history of migration out of Belarus. Dating back to 1863 to 1864 when there was large emigration to the United...
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 21, 20212 min read
History of Belarus
In the earlier periods, Belarus was occupied and ruled over by several people including the Slavs, the Mongols and Lithuania. This...
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 3, 20212 min read
The state of 32 asylum seekers at the Polish-Belarusian border
About three weeks ago, 32 #asylumseekers from #Afghanistan have been stuck in ‘no man’s land’ between the Polish and Belarusian borders...
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