Lukashenka is the Problem, not the Migrants

Author (Person)	Bond, Ian (et al.)
Publisher	Centre for European Reform (CER)
Series Title	CER Insight
Publication Date	November 2021
Content Type	Research Paper
	Summary: Ayaksandr Lukashenka, the Belarusian dictator, has deliberately transported large numbers of migrants to the border between Belarus and its EU neighbours Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border is therefore artificially manufactured. Europe needs to focus on the cause of the problem – Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s desire to strike back at the EU for having imposed economic sanctions. The issue could be resolved in part by increased acceptance of non-European migrants in culturally homogeneous central European member states.
Source Link	Link to Main Source https://www.cer.eu/insights/lukashenka-problem-not-migrants Alternative Source 1 Alternative sources https://www.cer.eu/sites/default/files/insight_IB_CMM_LS_KG_belarus_12.11.21.pdf
Related Links	ESO Records JOIN (2021) 32: Responding to state-sponsored instrumentalisation of migrants at the EU external border https://www.europeansources.info/record/responding-to-state-sponsored-instrumentalisation-of-migrants-at-the-eu-external-border/ CER Bulletin: Aug/Sept 2021: A New Migration Crisis May Be Brewing https://www.europeansources.info/record/a-new-migration-crisis-may-be-brewing/
Subject Categories	Politics and International Relations
Subject Tags	Asylum \| Refugees, Border Control \| Management, Migration \| Immigration
Countries / Regions	Belarus, Poland
International Organisations	European Union [EU]