On the Poland-Belarus border, a video clip shows a moment in which migrants blow cigarette smoke into the eyes of a young boy who weeps and tears appear in front of reporters.
A video of the incident appeared on Twitter: a man appeared to hold the underage boy’s head so hard that he could not resist, another person puts a cigarette near his eyes to provoke tears, then blows smoke in his eyes, after which he rotates the cigarette around his nostrils.
Migrants put cigarette smoke into kid eyes and then record "interview" for CNN, MSNBC and BBC claiming that Polish soldiers teargas "poor children" at the border! #Poland Part 1 pic.twitter.com/drzZpqHBJv
— Silent Majority (@PatrioticCougar) November 8, 2021
Thus, illegal immigrants now trying to penetrate Poland from Belarus “prepared” the child to communicate with journalists, according to what appeared on social media.
Migrants put cigarette smoke into kid eyes and then record "interview" for CNN, MSNBC and BBC claiming that Polish soldiers teargas "poor children" at the border! #Poland Part 2 #Poland pic.twitter.com/0Wvq0Iqyjn
— Silent Majority (@PatrioticCougar) November 8, 2021
The boy himself, as it appears from the video, understood his “mission” and obediently endured all these manipulations, and although the tears appeared, they were few.
Recently, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland reported an increase in the number of illegal immigrants arrested at the border with Belarus, accusing Minsk of creating a migration crisis.
Given the situation, the President of Poland decided to impose a state of emergency in the regions bordering Belarus, and to use the army and police, to help the border authorities. The Polish border guards reported that last September, 7,535 attempts to cross the border with Belarus illegally were recorded, while in the whole of 2020, this number reached 120 attempts.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko indicated, earlier, that Minsk will no longer stop the flow of illegal immigrants to the European Union, due to Western sanctions, and the lack of funds and capabilities.