Violent pushbacks, a no-go zone and hostility: the triple threat for refugees at the EU’s ‘green border’

Dominika OżyńskaHumanitarian, Refugees and IDPs, Rights

In the forests that divide Poland from Belarus, those fleeing war-torn countries face a harsh crackdown. Dominika Ożyńska of Polish organisation Egala describes how many are being forced back into Belarus and cut off from humanitarian assistance, as NGOs are banned from certain border areas. All of this is taking place amid growing public and political hostility and anti-migrant rhetoric.