{"id":1413138,"date":"2022-03-31T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413138"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:00:24","slug":"angry-activists-claim-double-standards-as-poland-welcome-ukrainian-refugees-blocks-illegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angry-activists-claim-double-standards-as-poland-welcome-ukrainian-refugees-blocks-illegals\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Activists Claim Double Standards as Poland Welcome Ukrainian Refugees, Blocks Illegals"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fangry-activists-claim-double-standards-as-poland-welcome-ukrainian-refugees-blocks-illegals%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=1413138&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pro-migrant activists have expressed frustration as Poland continues to welcome refugees from Ukraine but turns away illegal immigrants crossing the border from Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>Grupa Granica, a group of pro-migrnat NGOs who operate along the border of Poland and Belarus, say that illegal immigrants are being turned back by Polish authorities as the number of attempted crossings<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/26\/polish-authorities-report-new-surge-migrants-belarus\/\"> has increased<\/a> in recent days.<\/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>\u201cWe are in contact with about 100 people who are around the border at the moment. But for sure there are many more. There was a group with nine children: a girl with a kidney problem, a boy with mental problems, a woman who was three months pregnant who was bleeding and a boy who was completely paralyzed,\u201d Monika Matus, a member of Grupa Granica, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/europe\/20220328-la-pologne-continue-de-refouler-les-migrants-et-r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9s-%C3%A0-la-fronti%C3%A8re-bi%C3%A9lorusse\">told<\/a> broadcaster Radio France International.<\/p>\n<p>According to Matus, Polish guards have been pushing migrants back into Belarus as they attempt to cross, just as millions of Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland in recent weeks since the start of the Russian invasion of their country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Polish Border Guard saw a surge in illegal immigrants coming via Belarus this week, with 134 attempting to cross into the EU and NATO member on Tuesday \u2014 a daily record number for the year so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H19Fgac4on\">https:\/\/t.co\/H19Fgac4on<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1507859053619331075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a strange feeling: I\u2019m of course very happy with this welcome boost towards refugees from Ukraine. But you wonder: why can\u2019t it be the same at the border further north? At the Ukrainian border, we have already had more than 2 million people. And on the Belarusian border, we are talking about only a few thousand,\u201d Matus said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Polish authorities<a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/tickers\/154608\"> arrested four members of Grupa Granica<\/a> at the border, accusing them of helping to smuggle migrants across the border. \u201cActivists saved their lives by picking them up from the cold forest, the exact same way they had done in recent weeks,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In early March, migrant aid groups in Northern France expressed a similar opinion to Matus, claiming the French government engaged in double standards with Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers from other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe obviously have nothing against them. But the associations were shocked by the difference in treatment between Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians. A large part of the refugees in Calais are fleeing war or dictatorship,\u201d activist\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Guennoc said and added, \u201cThis is the case of Ukrainians but also Syrians, Afghans and Sudanese. Except that there is the discriminatory treatment of other war refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine, Says United Nations Agency<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1JW6Zs2Sh\">https:\/\/t.co\/P1JW6Zs2Sh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1509198774496903181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-migrant activists have expressed frustration as Poland continues to welcome refugees from Ukraine but turns away illegal immigrants crossing the border from Belarus. 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