A road to nowhere. The account of a monitoring visit at the Brześć-Terespol border crossing between Poland and Belarus
A road to nowhere. The account of a monitoring visit at the Brześć-Terespol border crossing between Poland and Belarus
On 2-5 October 2016, the representatives of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights conducted a monitoring visit in order to investigate the situation at the Brest-Terespol border, crossing between Belarus and Poland. The purpose of our monitoring was threefold:
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Uncovering the general situation of those of the foreign nationals present in Brest who express intention to seek international protection in Poland, and specifically the scale of the phenomenon, types of problems and aid actions taken on-site;
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Observation of access to the procedure of filing an application for international protection at the Terespol border crossing point;
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Conducting interviews with foreign nationals present in Brest with the purpose of exploring the expressed reasons for them seeking international protection and their experiences in contacts with the Polish Border Guard.
