Disinfo: The EU did not provide financial support to aid migrants at Belarus border as promised

Summary

No financial payment has been received from the European Union to help refugees in Belarus.

The final result of the European Commission, apart from statements of intent, is nothing.

Disproof

A recurring disinformation narrative about the migration situation on the EU-Belarus border while trying to stow away the measures taken by the EU to ease the humanitarian crisis.

Responding immediately to an appeal, the European Commission has announced on 17 November 2021 that it has allocated 700,000 euros worth of food, blankets and other aid to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), noting that the EU deals with the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund which is managed by the IFRC.

The European Commission also emphasised that it stands ready to provide additional humanitarian funding in response to clearly established humanitarian needs, should the access for humanitarian partner organisations in Belarus further improve. On the other side, the Belarusian Red Cross Society (part of the IFRC) continues to assist migrants at the logistics centres.

See other disinformation cases concerning the ongoing crisis on the Belarusian border which alleges that Lithuanian border guards use violence against migrants, including abandoning pregnant women, and that the West plans to push thousands of illegal migrants to Belarus using force; or that the EU organised the migrant crisis.

See our articles on the Belarus migrants situation here and here.

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  • Reported in: Issue 267
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 25/11/2021
  • Article language(s) Arabic
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Belarus, EU
  • Keywords: Migration crisis, migration, Refugees, European Commission
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