Publikujemy angielską wersję wywiadu z Miroslawem Miniszewskim, który opublikowaliśmy w OKO.press Tekst przetłumaczyła pro bono nasza czytel
Mirosław Miniszewski is a philosopher and writer who lives within a couple hundred yards of the Poland-Belarus border. Every day, he meets migrants who are trying to cross the border and who are pushed back into the forest by the border guards; the migrants are hungry and cold, and their medical condition is dire. [The Poland-Belarus border runs partly through a primeval forest, an unforgiving terrain with thick undergrowth and swamps where walking half a mile can take several hours.]
“I resent the Polish state for putting my humanity to the test. I cannot indifferently pass by a person who is dying. If the Polish state thinks that I will presume this dying person to be a terrorist, they are mistaken,” he told OKO.press.
The original article was published two weeks ago and since then the situation on the border has changed as in more and more local people self-organise to bring humanitarian aid to refugees as Polish state forbids organisations like Red Cross from entering the emergency zone.
Still, interviews like this, what people living in emergency zone tell journalists, is the closest we can get to understanding what is really happening on Polish-Belarusian border now, as journalists are also forbidden from entering the emergency zone. So even if you've read anything about the situation, the chances are it was not a complete picture. OKO.Press, the independent Polish media, tries to collect as many testimonies as possible from people aiding refugees in emergency zone and this is one of them. As always, please share this, more people need to know about this.
