Malid, a great 43-year old gay Iranian man traveling with 11 others, plus an individual woman, discussed a criminal pushback out of Poland to help you Belarus towards April 4:
We’d moved in the cold cold and you will snow getting 7 in order to 7 circumstances when Belarusian guards caught you and then we was in fact wet, tired Paraguayan femelle, and you can rather than times. We walked about a couple of kilometers in Poland just before i had arrested. It [Shine edging shields] destroyed our very own cell phones and they took my personal charge card… I asked them to show us respect and because I did so, I found myself kicked, punched, tasered, and you may pepper sprayed… It [Gloss edging shields] requested united states when we want asylum inside the Poland. We informed them if it i would ike to apply for asylum during the Poland I could and asked to name a legal professional within the Warsaw. I informed all of them I found myself an enthusiastic Lgbt asylum hunter … But they would not undertake my personal claim. It did not care.
Malid told you he and his group had been brought to a line station, in which they certainly were snap, fingerprinted, and you may told so you’re able to sign a file enabling treatment away from Gloss region and an effective step 3-12 months re-admission exclude to all regions regarding totally free movement Schengen zone. We would not indication, so they [border shields] knocked me personally. Chances are they drove all of us back to the newest border and made all of us cross within the fence. We had been exhausted, nonetheless wet, no time, together with zero choices but to the touch brand new Belarusian cable barrier so you’re able to result in the newest detectors become picked up of the Belarusian shields…
Hamid, 33, out-of Yemen, told you he and also the five anyone else regarding their class, also from Yemen, acquired the assistance of Polish volunteers into p, but was in fact after that detained by the Shine border guards and pushed straight back despite their pleas getting asylum:
In the event that volunteers concerned united states before one day it asked all of us when we require asylum therefore said sure. It provided you vitality off lawyer showing border guards. In addition got a paper from the European Court out-of Peoples Legal rights. I said I’d like shelter into the Poland and that i has actually a legal associate. It [edging guards] denied and you can told you we shall speak about it in the office. But alternatively, they [edging shields] handcuffed you, and you can drove me to the brand new cable [border]. ..It [border guards] generated us go all over and you may threw all of our passports on united states.
We were stuck on the swamp, consuming swamp liquid, and you may called the Shine volunteers getting assist, however, while we have been from inside the a risky urban area, volunteers would not become so they entitled firefighters to rescue you
Ramzah, element of several sixteen some one, and female and you may people, mentioned that he and the anybody else had introduced handwritten notes saying I would like asylum:
If edging guards arrived, we requested asylum and you can shown them documentation where we’d composed asylum within the Shine and you can English. It [border guards] told you You do not have the individuals paperwork and you may threw them out. We were brought to a station and you may questioned for a few hours, up until everything 4 good.meters.. Then they got me to the fresh border, unwrapped the fresh fence, gave all of us straight back all of our passports and you will phones and you may informed all of us to see Belarus. I did not protest due to the fact We know they would push us right back.
While i wanted my passport back, you to definitely border guard strike myself across the my straight back with a black colored rod
Azwer, a great twenty two-year-old Kurdish man out of Iraq, flew together with his 50-year-dated mom that have a cracked foot as well as 2 young brothers, 19 and you will 20. He told you they were stranded to own half a dozen weeks as opposed to dinner otherwise liquids in the edging area between Belarus and Poland, just before to be able to get across with the Poland towards April fifteen having about 13 others, and additionally four most other female and three pupils. The guy revealed how it happened once they was stuck because of the Polish edging guards: