![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/polands-plan-to-build-a-wire-fence-on-border-with-russia-slammed-as-inhumane/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_EXCLUSIVE-JS282434839-copy.jpg&description=Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, migrant rights worker Svetlana Gannushkina says the EU needs to take an active role in helping Poland control the influx of refugees, fearing "building the fence will cause more troubles"The Polish government on November 2 announced the construction of a fence along the border with Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad to prevent illegal crossings Poland's plan to build a wire fence on its border with Russia amid concerns that the enclave could be used for illegal migration has been slammed as 'inhumane' by a non-governmental organisation. News that Poland will construct a razor-wire fence on its border with Russia's Kaliningrad has rocked the charitable mission of one NGO which provides assistance to refugees and migrants in Russia. On Wednesday, Mariusz Blaszczak, the Minister of National Defence of Poland, announced that the erection of a temporary 180 kilometre, 2.5-metre (8ft) high and 3-metre deep wire fence will be built at the Poland- Russia border of Kaliningrad. The assembly, he reported, started immediately and will be nearly half the total length of the forested border between the two countries. In fact, dozens Polish soldiers were today pictured working on the fence near the border town of Krynki. The decision to build a fence comes as Warsaw suspects that Russia plans to facilitate the illegal border crossing by Asian and African migrants at the border ( Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock) With tensions rising due to the war in Ukraine, the governmental minister has claimed that he was forced to take the drastic measures of "sealing up this border", in hopes that it would strengthen Poland's security following a migration crisis last autumn when thousands of African and Middle-Eastern migrants tried to cross the Belarus border into Poland. However, speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Svetlana Gannushkina, the chairperson of the Civic Assistance Committee and chief of migration rights network of 'Memorial', has de){kind=link}
Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, migrant rights worker Svetlana Gannushkina says the EU needs to take an active role in helping Poland control the influx of refugees, fearing “building the fence will cause more troubles”
Poland’s plan to build a wire fence on its border with Russia amid concerns that the enclave could be used for illegal migration has been slammed as ‘inhumane’ by a non-governmental organisation.
News that Poland will construct a razor-wire fence on its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad has rocked the charitable mission of one NGO which provides assistance to refugees and migrants in Russia.
On Wednesday, Mariusz Blaszczak, the Minister of National Defence of Poland, announced that the erection of a temporary 180 kilometre, 2.5-metre (8ft) high and 3-metre deep wire fence will be built at the Poland- Russia border of Kaliningrad.
The assembly, he reported, started immediately and will be nearly half the total length of the forested border between the two countries. In fact, dozens Polish soldiers were today pictured working on the fence near the border town of Krynki.