{"id":1055265,"date":"2021-11-25T15:43:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055265"},"modified":"2021-11-25T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:43:57","slug":"eu-to-blacklist-firms-involved-with-transporting-migrants-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-to-blacklist-firms-involved-with-transporting-migrants-to-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to \u2018Blacklist\u2019 Firms Involved with Transporting Migrants to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feu-to-blacklist-firms-involved-with-transporting-migrants-to-belarus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Belarus-migrants-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The EU is set to blacklist firms involved with transporting migrants to Belarus for the purpose of destabilising the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Under newly drafted law, the European Union will be able to \u201cblacklist\u201d airlines and other firms involved in transporting migrants to Belarus, which has been accused of creating the new migrant crisis threatening the bloc.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen said that the EU aims to create a watchlist using the law so as to deter intermediary organisations from transporting migrants to Belarus, Deutsche Welle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/belarus-eu-to-target-firms-trafficking-migrants-with-blacklist\/a-59910931\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the movement of migrants through Belarus an attempt by the country to \u201cdestabilize the bloc\u201d, the Commission president said that the legislation would \u201cblacklist all means and modes of transport involved in trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a migration crisis. This is the attempt of an authoritarian regime to try to destabilize its democratic neighbours,\u201d President Von Der Leyen said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/23\/eu-threatens-to-blacklist-airlines-linked-to-border-influx\">According<\/a> to <em>The Guardian<\/em>, the draft law, which does not specifically refer to Belarus\u2019s dictator Alexander Lukashenko, will blacklist any travel operator or airline that flies people to countries that border the EU as part of attempts to destabilise the union.<\/p>\n<p>Any airline that ends up on the list would be prevented from flying through EU airspace, as well as landing or refuelling at airports within the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>The law will also not discern or discriminate regarding whether firms are aware that they are infringing on the new rules or not.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on this matter, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs&nbsp;Ylva Johansson said that the Commission hopes that they never have to use the law, and that it had taken some time for airlines to comprehend that they were merely being used by the Belarussian regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see the need to reach out directly to those travel companies which \u2013 unintentionally, most of the time \u2013 are being part of a state-sponsored smuggling scheme orchestrated by a desperate and non-democratic regime,\u201d Commissioner Johansson said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1632653061224\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lukashenko: \u2018Absolutely Possible\u2019 Belarus Forces Undermining EU Border \u2013 \u2018I Won\u2019t Even Look into This\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6w8Fdm164W\">https:\/\/t.co\/6w8Fdm164W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1462112503597604870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Belarus has been accused of engaging in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/22\/belarus-migration-hybrid-war-is-greatest-attempt-to-destabilise-europe-since-cold-war-says-polish-pm\/\">hybrid warfare<\/a>\u201d against the European Union, with Poland struggling to control the waves of migrants hitting the shared border.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Polish police have reported being pelted with stones and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/16\/watch-water-cannon-deployed-as-stone-hurling-migrants-rush-polish-border-officers-injured\/\">stun grenades<\/a> from the Belarussian side, with a former Belarussian ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/11\/belarus-training-afghans-and-iraqis-with-military-experience-to-attack-polish-border-claims-fmr-ambassador\/\">claiming<\/a> that the country\u2019s forces have been training some migrants with military backgrounds to attack the border.<\/p>\n<p>When confronted with the possibility that Belarussian forces were helping migrants enter Polish territory, President Lukashenko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/20\/lukashenko-absolutely-possible-belarus-forces-undermining-eu-border-i-wont-even-look-into-this\/\">said<\/a> that it was \u201cabsolutely possible\u201d, but that he had no interest in looking into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/24\/taking-2000-is-nothing-belarussian-dictator-lukashenko-demands-germany-take-migrants\/\">demanded<\/a> that Germany take in 2,000 migrants from Belarus, warning that if they did not do so quickly, that there would be dire consequences.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t, it will be a catastrophe,\u201d Lukashenko threatened, warning: \u201cPeople will freeze. People will start dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polish Prime Minister&nbsp;Mateusz Morawiecki, however,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/22\/belarus-migration-hybrid-war-is-greatest-attempt-to-destabilise-europe-since-cold-war-says-polish-pm\/\">stated<\/a> that his nation would not \u201cyield to blackmail\u201d, a position backed by Austrian Chancellor&nbsp;Alexander Schallenberg, who repeated that the EU could not give in to blackmail from the authoritarian state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to respond united and very clearly to this state-sponsored hybrid attack on the European Union,\u201d the Austrian chancellor said<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6878612716763\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Taking 2,000 Is Nothing\u2019 Belarussian Dictator Lukashenko Demands Germany Take Migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CM29bSdb16\">https:\/\/t.co\/CM29bSdb16<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1463459630030467075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU is set to blacklist firms involved with transporting migrants to Belarus for the purpose of destabilising the bloc. 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