border crisis. TikTok as a source of information from the Polish-Belarusian border

The activity of immigrants on TikTok was announced by the profile of the portal “Polityka in the network” on Twitter. Published recordings can be divided into several categories.

One of the most popular topics to have appeared on TikTok so far is the situation in which immigrants find themselves. You can easily find videos that show people walking around, as well as those who are hungry and shivering from the cold.

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You can see groups of people moving through the forest. There are also stories of people who have managed to cross the border.

User “ebrehemfuiad” shared his journey by train, although a few days ago he was in the forest in the territory Belarus. From the hashtag in Arabic it can be concluded that its destination is one of the following countries – GermanyAustria, Sweden, Norway or Denmark.

The vast majority of immigrant recordings were published in Arabic. Moreover, as a rule, its authors are men, usually young or middle-aged.

Due to the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, it was entered into Poland at the beginning of September Emergency. On October 1, 2021, deputies from the ruling coalition voted to extend it for another 60 days.

Border guards regularly report thwarting illegal attempts to cross the border between Poland and Belarus. Only last Saturday there were 398 such cases. This is more than the entire previous calendar year.

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