A Green Light at the Window for Migrants

This article from the N.Y. Times talks about a group of people that help migrants who made it across the Poland – Belarus border.

In the past months, thousands of migrants have been stuck at the border between Belarus and Poland in their attempt to enter the European Union. This entire scenario is part of a big political dispute. Belarus has been sanctioned by the European Union and in order to get back at the E.U., the leader of Belarus, started funneling immigrants through his country into Poland.
However, in the past few days, the situation has escalated as there have been a lot of migrants that got pushed back by Polish authorities while trying to cross the border.

In response to this situation, multiple residents, activists, and other volunteers spread across the border, in order to support the people seeking asylum. Based on this situation, people started putting on green lights, as a sign for migrants. The green light is supposed to signal the people that they are welcome in their homes.

In my opinion, this article is very newsworthy. It talks about a situation that has been going on for months and no one really knew about it. However, ever since the situation started escalating, more and more people became aware of the dimensions of this dispute between Belarus and the European Union.

Source:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/world/europe/poland-belarus-migrants-support.html