[arista]

[Poland-Belarus border:
Shivering, hungry migrants hope
the EU will 'make a good decision'

Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay speaks
to people on the border in
freezing temperatures as they hope
for a better life in Europe.]


[After a week shivering in sodden woodland,
the largest group of migrants stuck between
the serried ranks of Belarusian and Polish border
guards decided to move.
We were en route to their camp
but they had other plans.

"It's too cold and we are in a place that's quite open,
we have no protection from the rain and snow.
And all the children are coughing because of smoke,"
a contact, Dino, told me by voice message as
I tried to arrange our meeting.

His next message was
telling: "Hopefully the EU will make a good decision for us."]



[Many of these families have sold everything they
have to get this far. Going back is not an option.

That is a massive problem for them,
for Lukashenko and for Europe.
We will return tomorrow to the border crossing
on the M6,
between Belarus and Poland,
as the migrants rub their eyes
from yet another sleep depraved night,
as Europe wonders what to do,
as Lukashenko wonders whether
he's pushed it too far.]


https://news.sky.com/story/poland-be...ision-12469639