Acting Foreign Minister of Germany Maas: The EU is ready to toughen sanctions against Belarus due to migrants 
Acting Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas said that the European Union (EU) is ready to tighten sanctions against the Belarusian authorities due to the influx of migrants to the border with Poland. RIA Novosti writes about this.
“We will impose sanctions on everyone who participates in the targeted import of migrants. [Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko must understand that his calculation is not working. By the way, this does not exclude the expansion of sanctions in other sectors of the economy in the future, “- said the interim Foreign Minister of Germany.
He added that the European Union also considers it important to” explanatory work in the countries of origin “of illegal migrants. It is about the readiness not to give false promises, because of which migrants “pay thousands of dollars” and which “then bring them to the Belarusian forests”. Maas added that one should also “ruthlessly point out the consequences” for “every Lukashenka’s action.”
On November 9, the Council of the European Union tightened the visa regime with Belarus due to the migration crisis on the border with Poland, which worsened on November 8. In particular, the agreement on the simplified regime will be suspended.
The migration crisis on the eastern border of the European Union began in May 2021. Groups of refugees from Africa and the Middle East began to massively cross the border of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia from Belarus. The authorities of the affected countries blamed Minsk and Moscow for the escalation of the migration crisis.