Belarus Weaponizes Migrants to Target European UnionNovember 18, 2021

Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 8:35 p.m.

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At least 2,000 Middle Eastern migrants spent weeks trapped at checkpoints between Belarus and Poland\\u2014unable to legally enter the European Union and, until today, unable to return to Belarus or go home. Former US Ambassador to Poland Daniel Fried joins host Brian Hanson on Deep Dish to explain how Belarus\\u2019 strongman President Lukashenka weaponized these migrants as a tool of "hybrid war," and\\xa0why Russia\\u2019s\\xa0President\\xa0Putin looms behind this\\xa0crisis\\u2014and others\\u2014on Europe\\u2019s doorstep.

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