GENEVA – The United Nations human rights chief called on Belarus’ neighbours on Sept. 24 to protect asylum seekers after four people died near the Polish border earlier this week amid a surge in illegal migration across the European Union’s eastern frontier.
Reuters: UN rights chief urges Belarus neighbours to protect asylum-seekers
Protesters lay on the ground as they block the street in front of the Polish Parliament against the state of emergency declared at the Polish border with Belarus, in front of the Parliament in Warsaw, Sept. 6, 2021.
