EU to slap new sanctions against Belarus over migrant crisis
<p> MINSK, Oct 22 - PrimePress. The European Union (EU) is poised to impose a new round of sanctions against the Belarusian authorities over the situation with migrants who are illegally transported by Minsk to the European Union, the European Council said in the conclusions adopted after the EU summit in Brussels on 22 October. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The EU will continue countering the ongoing hybrid attack launched by the Belarusian regime, including by adopting further restrictive measures against persons and legal entities, in line with its gradual approach, as a matter of urgency,” the statement says. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the statement, the European Council will tolerate no attempts by third countries to exploit migrants for political purposes. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The European Council will not accept any attempt by third countries to instrumentalise migrants for political purposes. It condemns all hybrid attacks at the EU’s borders and will respond accordingly,” it reads. </p> <p> </p> <p> Moreover, the summit conclusions stress that the EU calls for the return to the implementation of readmission agreements, which will allow expelling migrants. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The European Council recalls the need to ensure effective returns and full implementation of readmission agreements and arrangements, using the necessary leverage,” the conclusions say. </p> <p> </p> <p> Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said that Brussels would be negotiating the issue with the authorities of those countries from which migrants were coming to the European Union via Belarus. </p> <p> </p> <p> She added that the European Commission would not fund the construction of border walls at the EU borders, which the Eastern European countries were insisting on. </p> <p> </p> <p> “I was very clear that there is a longstanding view in the European Commission and in the European Parliament that there will be no funding of barbed wire and walls,” she said. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, the European Union imposed sanctions against major sectors of the Belarusian economy since 25 June 2021, and on 9 August the US, the UK and Canada imposed sectoral sanctions. Earlier, the EU imposed three more parcels of sanctions, which it justified by the escalation of human rights violations in Belarus after the August 2020 presidential election. The overall sanctions list includes 166 individuals and 15 organizations and companies. A fifth package of sanctions against Belarus in connection with the migration crisis at the EU border is the pipeline. End </p>
2021-10-23
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EU to slap new sanctions against Belarus over migrant crisis
MINSK, Oct 22 - PrimePress. The European Union (EU) is poised to impose a new round of sanctions against the Belarusian authorities over the situation with migrants who are illegally transported by Minsk to the European Union, the European Council said in the conclusions adopted after the EU summit in Brussels on 22 October.
“The EU will continue countering the ongoing hybrid attack launched by the Belarusian regime, including by adopting further restrictive measures against persons and legal entities, in line with its gradual approach, as a matter of urgency,” the statement says.
According to the statement, the European Council will tolerate no attempts by third countries to exploit migrants for political purposes.
“The European Council will not accept any attempt by third countries to instrumentalise migrants for political purposes. It condemns all hybrid attacks at the EU’s borders and will respond accordingly,” it reads.
Moreover, the summit conclusions stress that the EU calls for the return to the implementation of readmission agreements, which will allow expelling migrants.
“The European Council recalls the need to ensure effective returns and full implementation of readmission agreements and arrangements, using the necessary leverage,” the conclusions say.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said that Brussels would be negotiating the issue with the authorities of those countries from which migrants were coming to the European Union via Belarus.
She added that the European Commission would not fund the construction of border walls at the EU borders, which the Eastern European countries were insisting on.
“I was very clear that there is a longstanding view in the European Commission and in the European Parliament that there will be no funding of barbed wire and walls,” she said.
As previously reported, the European Union imposed sanctions against major sectors of the Belarusian economy since 25 June 2021, and on 9 August the US, the UK and Canada imposed sectoral sanctions. Earlier, the EU imposed three more parcels of sanctions, which it justified by the escalation of human rights violations in Belarus after the August 2020 presidential election. The overall sanctions list includes 166 individuals and 15 organizations and companies. A fifth package of sanctions against Belarus in connection with the migration crisis at the EU border is the pipeline. End