Syrian migrant Youssef Atallah feared he would die in the forest on the Polish border after being left without food or water in freezing cold, unable to breathe through his nose after it was broken by what he said was an assault by a Belarusian soldier.
Now in the safety of a migrant centre in the eastern Polish city of Bialystok, Atallah said he was one of many migrants trapped on the frontier after being pushed back into Belarus by Polish guards, only to be blocked by Belarusian security forces who had previously helped them cross into Poland.
An Afghan migrant who declined to be named also told Reuters about his experience of being stuck between Belarus and Poland, unable to turn back with the only option being to try again to cross the border with the aid of Belarusian security services. Youssef Atallah, a migrant from Syria, who says he was beaten by the Belarusian border guards, stands in the centre for migrants in Bialystok, Poland, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
"They have a look at the border and if there is nobody there they give them a bolt-cutter and force them to cut through razor-wire fence," he said.
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