Belarus has been accused of taking revenge for EU sanctions by offering migrants tourist visas, and helping them across its border. The BBC has tracked one group trying to reach Germany.
BBC: How Belarus is helping ‘tourists’ break into the EU
A member of a group of migrants believed to be from Afghanistan stands as he tries to confirm their will to apply for international protection in Poland in the presence of Polish volounteer lawyers, press members and Polish Parliament deputies, in the small village of Usnarz Gorny near Bialystok, northeastern Poland, located close to the border with Belarus, on Aug. 20, 2021.
