A scheme to use migrants to split the EU is likely to backfire
Belarus is shipping Iraqis to the Polish border and trapping them there
ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO, master tactician? The president of Belarus has brought thousands of migrants from the Middle East to the EU’s doorstep on the eve of winter, daring the bloc to abandon its humanitarian instincts as the world looks on. Mr Lukashenko seems to have intended to reignite the internal division and political upheaval that followed the influx of migrants to Europe in 2015. He has instead forged a consensus in favour of the swift punishment of his regime.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Caught at the wire”
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