Migrants in Minsk do not want to go to the spontaneous camp on the Belarusian-Polish border
the Belarusian-Polish border due to the conditions of detention of visitors. People hope to wait out the situation with the capital of Belarus, RBC reports.
According to the newspaper, the shopping center Gallery Minsk became the gathering center for migrants who refused to immediately go to the border with the EU. dozens of young people with sleeping bags and backpacks. In the shopping center itself, migrants walk in groups and walk, using free Wi-Fi.
According to one of the migrants, Martin, many of the visitors are from different cities of Iraq, mainly from the Kurdish region. They spent between $ 2,400 and $ 5,000 on travel. The man added that the rates depend on the location of the person. The migrants arrived in Minsk via Istanbul and have been in the city for a week, he said.
The newcomers are in no hurry to go to the border with the EU, because they saw many videos that show Spartan conditions. Many relatives of refugees say that it is still impossible to get out of these camps.
In Minsk, wealthy migrants move into hotels, while the poor get a bed. Some apartments in houses have also begun to be converted to accommodate migrants.
From the beginning of 2021, people began to flock to the border of Belarus with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The crisis escalated sharply on November 8 after several thousand people approached the Polish border from the Belarusian side. They do not leave the border zone, part of them tried to enter Poland on November 10, breaking the barbed wire fence.