Ipse by Tag - migrants

Tarek Megerisi

Inserted 2 months ago

“Haftar needs Wagner. Furthermore, while he's hosting them in Libya, [Wagner] can use its position to prop up operations in Syria, Sudan and elsewhere. It's a network. It's not just military support, either. They're using their position in eastern Libya to transport [illegal narcotic] Captagon from Syria, shift gold to evade sanctions, as well as help traffic migrants from southern Africa and as far away as Bangladesh. Libya is a hugely profitable area for Wagner.”

Aljazeera

Senior fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

25 Feb 2024 6 6

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 7 months ago

“Irregular migration is a European challenge and it needs a European response, we are in this together. You can count on the EU.”

Reuters

President of the European Commission

17 Sep 2023 3 3

Viktor Orbán

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are not living in a comfortable West, we are living in the midst of difficulties, not just now but throughout our history, so we are able to tell the difference between who is a migrant and who is a refugee. Migrants are stopped. Refugees can get all the help. We're prepared to take care of them [Ukrainians], and we'll be able to rise to the challenge quickly and efficiently.”

Aljazeera

Prime Minister of Hungary

03 Mar 2022 6 3

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 years ago

“We won't only hope. We will work together on your dream. If you want to go westwards, we won't detain you, choke you, beat you. It's up to you. Go through. Go. We won't in any circumstances detain you, tie your hands and load you on planes to send you home if you don't want that.”

Aljazeera

President of Belarus

26 Nov 2021 4 5

Federica Infantino

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are witnessing the reluctance of many European leaders at making any kind of deal with Lukashenko. I don't see the EU funding Belarus to keep migrants like in other cases.”

Aljazeera

Migration policy fellow at the European University Institute (EUI)

24 Nov 2021 5 2

Mateusz Morawiecki

Inserted 2 years ago

“Today, on Poland's Eastern border, we are dealing with a new type of war, a war in which migrants are weapons, in which disinformation is a weapon, a hybrid war. [I received] information that the difficult situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country in August may by used as the next stage of the migration crisis. I think that the things that unfold before our eyes, these dramatic events, may only be a prelude to something much worse.”

Reuters

Prime Minister of Poland

21 Nov 2021 7 3

Denys Monastyskiy

Inserted 2 years ago

“We do not exclude the possibility that Russia will decide to purposefully send a large number of illegal migrants through Belarus to our territory.”

Aljazeera

Ukrainian Interior Minister

19 Nov 2021 4 2

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 years ago

“Maybe someone helped them. I won't even look into this. I think that's absolutely possible. We're Slavs. We have hearts. Our troops know the migrants are going to Germany. I told them I'm not going to detain migrants on the border, hold them at the border, and if they keep coming from now on I still won't stop them, because they're not coming to my country, they're going to yours. That's what I meant. But I didn't invite them here. And to be honest, I don't want them to go through Belarus.”

Rferl

President of Belarus

19 Nov 2021 3 4

Anna Michalska

Inserted 2 years ago

“[The Belarusians] were bringing more migrants to the place where there was a forced attempt to cross. At the start, there were 100 people, but then the Belarusian side brought more people in trucks. Then there were 500 people.”

Aljazeera

Polish Border Guard spokeswoman

19 Nov 2021 2 2

Sophie in 't Veld

Inserted 2 years ago

“It's interesting to see that Poland, which has been one of the strongest opponents of the EU's common asylum system, is now asking the EU to help fund a border wall. We are talking about a few thousand migrants. A wall is not the solution. It's time for EU nations to speak with a unified voice when it comes to migration. Nationalistic dialogues are pushing the Union to the brink.”

Aljazeera

Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 party and member of the European Parliament

17 Nov 2021 4 3

Bram Frouws

Inserted 2 years ago

“With von der Leyen calling it a hybrid attack, I think that's exactly what Lukashenko was hoping for. Even though we are talking about a few refugees and migrants trying to get access to Europe, the language is all about war stemming from political panic. The moment you start referring to refugees and migrants as bargaining chips and as weapons of people being instrumentalised, it strips away their agency and dehumanises people.”

Aljazeera

Head of the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) monitoring group

17 Nov 2021 7 1

Mariusz Blaszczak

Inserted 2 years ago

“[It is necessary] to prepare for the fact that the situation … will not be resolved quickly. We have to be prepared for months; I hope not years.”

Aljazeera

Polish Defence Minister

17 Nov 2021 1 1

Josep Borrell

Inserted 2 years ago

“Today we are going to approve a new package of sanctions. They will target airlines and travel agencies involved in this illegal push of migrants.”

Reuters

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

15 Nov 2021 4 2

Hussein al-Asil

Inserted 2 years ago

“The (Belarus) embassy of course knows that this person is not going for tourism. What kind of tourism would that be, to book a plane ticket for $800 and get a visa for $1,250? They know that these people are coming to go to Europe.”

Reuters

Iraqi based in Ankara who provides travel services to would-be tourists and migrants

15 Nov 2021 3 5

Gustav Gressel

Inserted 2 years ago

“Lukashenko's rhetoric, the visa policy and the sudden influx of migrants this summer all point to the involvement of the Belarusian state and travel agencies.”

Nytimes

Senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

13 Nov 2021 5 2

Dmitry Polyanskiy

Inserted 2 years ago

“There are a lot of cases when Polish and Lithuanian border guards beat migrants and pushed them back to Belarusian territory. I would say that this is total shame and a total violation of any possible international conventions and rules.”

Aljazeera

Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN

11 Nov 2021 8 3

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 2 years ago

“Belarus using migrants as a hybrid tactic is unacceptable. NATO stands in solidarity and all our allies in the region.”

Rferl

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

09 Nov 2021 3 3

Stanislaw Zaryn

Inserted 2 years ago

“Belarusian security personnel were firing empty shots into the air, simulating dangerous events. We also know the Belarusian authorities are helping migrants to destroy the border barriers. We see how they bring them tools to cut wires... to destroy the fence.”

Rferl

Spokesperson of the Minister-Special Services Coordinator

09 Nov 2021 3 5

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 2 years ago

“We condemn violence, especially violence against migrants. I did not notice that these people threatened anyone, it is a shame. We have to find out what happened and it must not happen. It is one thing to appreciate the work of the Croatian police, which guards the green border. For political reasons, Croatia will not raise the wire towards BiH, due to relations with Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats… Each state protects its borders. This is possible, but force cannot be used as in this situation in which it was not necessary. Lithuania, Latvia, you have seen what is happening, it is the destabilization of the Baltic countries and the EU, it is difficult for them, their borders are big… Belarusian forces are coming and pushing people across the border. The issue of illegal migration is a serious issue.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Prime Minister

08 Oct 2021 9 3

Jelena Sesar

Inserted 2 years ago

“This is the latest evidence that unlawful pushbacks and violence against asylum-seekers and migrants are commonplace at the EU's external borders. In numerous countries … people in search of safety and protection are being met with barbed wire and armed border guards. The EU's migration policy had for years now prioritised border security over the rights of people and its fundamental values.”

Aljazeera

Amnesty International’s Balkans researcher

07 Oct 2021 7 5

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“Irregular migration is a European challenge and it needs a European response, we are in this together. You can count on the EU.”

“We won't only hope. We will work together on your dream. If you want to go westwards, we won't detain you, choke you, beat you. It's up to you. Go through. Go. We won't in any circumstances detain you, tie your hands and load you on planes to send you home if you don't want that.”

“We are witnessing the reluctance of many European leaders at making any kind of deal with Lukashenko. I don't see the EU funding Belarus to keep migrants like in other cases.”

“We do not exclude the possibility that Russia will decide to purposefully send a large number of illegal migrants through Belarus to our territory.”

“[The Belarusians] were bringing more migrants to the place where there was a forced attempt to cross. At the start, there were 100 people, but then the Belarusian side brought more people in trucks. Then there were 500 people.”

“[It is necessary] to prepare for the fact that the situation … will not be resolved quickly. We have to be prepared for months; I hope not years.”

“Today we are going to approve a new package of sanctions. They will target airlines and travel agencies involved in this illegal push of migrants.”

“The (Belarus) embassy of course knows that this person is not going for tourism. What kind of tourism would that be, to book a plane ticket for $800 and get a visa for $1,250? They know that these people are coming to go to Europe.”

“Lukashenko's rhetoric, the visa policy and the sudden influx of migrants this summer all point to the involvement of the Belarusian state and travel agencies.”

“There are a lot of cases when Polish and Lithuanian border guards beat migrants and pushed them back to Belarusian territory. I would say that this is total shame and a total violation of any possible international conventions and rules.”

“Belarus using migrants as a hybrid tactic is unacceptable. NATO stands in solidarity and all our allies in the region.”

“Belarusian security personnel were firing empty shots into the air, simulating dangerous events. We also know the Belarusian authorities are helping migrants to destroy the border barriers. We see how they bring them tools to cut wires... to destroy the fence.”

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