This essay, on EU migration policy against the background of the flashpoint on the Belarus-Poland border, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 7 November 2021, under the headline “Lukashenko is a handy villain to mask the cruelty of Fortress Europe”. A company of men in dark uniforms and balaclavas, all carrying clubs. They are battering a group of people, repeatedly clubbing them on their arms, legs and backs. They push them into a river that marks the boundary of the […]

Categories: International, Politics, Race & Immigration • Tags: belarus, european union, fortress europe, immigration, isaias afwerki, janjaweed, khartoum process, libya, lukashenko, niger, omar al-bashir, poland, samos two, undocumented migrants