A few days ago, Belarus authorities were busy instructing Muslim migrants about how to use kids for propaganda as they tried to break through Poland’s border. They were instructed to “make them ‘look dirty and tired,’” so as to arouse international sympathy and increase pressure on Poland. For Belarus, the suffering of migrants does not matter. All Alexander Lukashenko cares about is effectively waging a “hybrid war” against the EU, with Poland in the middle.
The propaganda went further than instructed, as some migrants took the instructions to a whole new level, blowing smoke in children’s faces to make them cry, as you can see in the Twitter video:
Kolejne nagranie wyglądające jak “przygotowania” dzieci do działań propagandowych.
Obrazki z płaczącymi dziećmi są wykorzystywane do wywierania dodatkowej presji na Polskę. pic.twitter.com/eVFmZLJ1JG
— Stanisław Żaryn (@StZaryn) November 16, 2021
In the Syrian crisis, lies were also employed. The majority of “child” migrants in Britain were discovered to be really adults, lying about their age. Had these Muslim migrants “been treated as children it would have left councils and local taxpayers facing a care bill of millions of pounds a year.” Propaganda and outright lies are routine.
Belarus, like many others, knows that the Leftist media is easy prey for propaganda. Poland has already suffered bad publicity for rejecting supposedly needy migrants, with no media coverage about obvious security and economic issues. Nor is there any Western media pressure or queries about why Muslim countries are not stepping up to host these refugees.
More on this story. “Migrants Kids Have Cigarette Smoke Blown in Face to Fake Tears: Claim,” by Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart, November 17, 2021:
The Polish government has released footage purporting to show child migrants being “prepped” to provoke sympathy for the waiting cameras of the media, with at least one having cigarette smoke blown in their face to make tears.
While women and children appear to make a small fraction of the thousands bussed to the EU’s eastern frontier by the regime in Minsk, nevertheless those present appear to have been prepared to evoke pathos for the waiting cameras of the media this week. Further cameras on the other side of the fence caught footage which the Polish government claims unveils the charade, however.
The apparent harassment of the children by their migrant handlers to produce tears for the waiting media has been criticised as “propaganda activities” at the hastily re-inforced border by the Polish government and its spokesmen.
“Pictures of crying children are used to put additional pressure on Poland,” wrote National Security Department spokesman Stanisław Żaryn as he shared a video appearing to show migrant men blow smoke in the faces of small children to supposedly induce tears.
Poland’s Ministry of Defence also released footage in which migrant women and children are taken to the front of the border where they are met with a slew of camera crews on the Belarussian side of the fence.
According to the Polish government, the video showed the Belarussian media creating “propaganda materials”.
The Polish government has previously claimed that migrants were being “instructed” on how to act sympathetic by the “Belarusian security services”, sharing screenshots of Arabic messages allegedly sent to migrants, in which migrants are instructed to “Take the kids, hug them, look dirty and tired.”….
