The State Border Committee of Belarus has announced that the Polish forces are shooting rubber bullets at the refugees at the border. The committee wrote about this in its Telegram channel. "After the establishment of the buffer zone, the Polish forces started shooting at the refugees with rubber bullets," reports the committee. In Poland, the order establishing a temporary ban on being on the border with Belarus came into force. It covers an area of more than 60 kilometers along the border. The ban on staying in the border area will be valid for 90 days with the possibility of extension.
"On the afternoon of June 13, Polish soldiers severely beat three Syrian refugees and took them to the Polish-Belarusian border, where the so-called buffer zone now operates," the border guards' message reads. The Border Committee of Belarus notes that according to foreigners Polish forces chased them with dogs, used tear gas and electric shocks. Belarusian border guards, according to reports, provided first aid to the refugees and called doctors. The decision to create a buffer zone was made by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after the recent killing of a Polish soldier by an illegal migrant at the border.
