On Tuesday 9 November, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) called on the European Commission and on Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson to take decisive action against Belarus, which is using migrants “as a weapon”, as Fabienne Keller (Renew Europe, France) put it.
But some members also demanded that the EU should not behave in the same way as the Belarusian regime and should allow these people to apply for asylum and be treated...