Since August, thousands of migrants have been trying to cross the Polish border from Belarus. They have come from Yemen, Syria, Iraq or the Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to enter the European Union. Poland has accused Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko of instrumentalising migrants in a feud with the EU, and has opted to deport them. Turned away from both sides, men, women and children find themselves stranded along the border in the middle of the forest.
In this latest edition of The Observers Direct, "Belarus-Poland border: Migrants trapped in the forest", Maëva Poulet, FRANCE 24 Observers journalist, met up with Gulliver Cragg, FRANCE 24 correspondent, in the border region of Podlaskie, Poland the week of October 4. They spoke with migrants and the activists that are helping them about the crisis unfolding at the border.
