– Someone helps these people to cross hundreds, thousands of kilometers from Nigeria, Central African countries to the Mediterranean Sea, someone helps them with transportation, someone is interested in this, Russia is undoubtedly interested in this. – Arkadiusz Mularczyk said on The First Polish radio show.
According to the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, these are working with the aim of destabilizing EU countries and causing social problems. He emphasized that the trafficking of migrants is carried out by criminal organizations. – But Putin is behind the scenes, whose goal is to destabilize the situation – he said.
Zakharova responded to the words of the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, responded to the words of Arkadys Mularchik. In his post on Telegram, he attacked Poland. “Someone is helping to cross hundreds, thousands of kilometers from Ukraine to the Mediterranean Sea, someone is helping to transport them, someone is interested in this. Poland is undoubtedly interested in this,” Zakharova wrote. Finally, he added, “Poland has repeatedly participated in regime changes in Ukraine.”
Dramatic situation in Lampedusa
In recent days, ships carrying migrants from Africa have been arriving on the small Italian island of Lampedusa. More than 10 thousand of them came there. On Sunday, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, flew to Lampedusa to try to resolve the crisis. The President of the European Commission has announced that a 10-point action plan will be drawn up in support of Italy.
Sources: Onet, Telegram