nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211029-182941-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211029s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211029-182941-0 doi eng 342 23 Baranowska, Grażyna Author aut The Deadly Woods - Legalizing pushbacks at the Polish-Belarusian border Baranowska, Grażyna Verfassungsblog 2021-10-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Since August 2021, hundreds of people have attempted, and many have succeeded, to irregularly cross the border from Belarus to Poland. In retaliation, they are pushed back to Belarus by Polish authorities and then forced to cross back to Poland by Belarusian authorities. Forced to repeatedly wander in minus temperatures through thick woods, many persons have been seriously injured and at least several have died. As of the end of October 2021, there are two parallel frameworks legalizing pushbacks in Poland. CC BY-SA 4.0 External Border Control Non Refoulement pushbacks Right to Asylum Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-deadly-woods/ raw object