On Monday 23 September, Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, commented on his visit to the border between Poland and Belarus from 16 to 18 September.
He acknowledges the instrumentalisation of migration by the Belarusian authorities, but condemns human rights abuses.
Foremost among these is the practice of summary returns at the border, facilitated by legislative changes that Poland adopted in 2021 and contrary to the European Convention on Human...