Soldiers of the Forest | VPRO Documentary

On the border with Belarus, the Polish government is having a fence built of 186 kilometers. Refugees who manage to cross the border there risk violent and illegal pushbacks. In this episode of 'Frontline', journalist Dore van Duivenbode is in Poland. She meets people helping refugees in need.
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[@lortea]

Good luck to Polish soldiers and guards for keeping us safe!

[@gianhs8]

what about the safety of EU citizens? We also have people hungry with no shelter or medical care why don't help them instead? This madness that if someone had put foot on EU soil have the right to stay must stop

[@linmal2242]

Expel them. Tell them to go back and fix their own country !

[@user-te5zj1ro2q]

If they want ti come to the eu, why cant they apply in their own country at the embassy?

[@linmal2242]

Because Europa does not want them. Africa/Syria is crowded and poor. TOO MANY PEOPLE. !!!

[@PeterTodd]

Wow, you guys are exceptionally good at making documentaries, I'm so impressed with the clarity of your story telling. Thank you for making these available.

[@petergray453]

What makes it so different from other pro-migrant documentaries?

[@deeznutz8320]

​@@petergray453Nothing Peter is probably an old boomer who's white guilt programming is still functional

[@davejohnson1760]

@@petergray453 they show both sides of the conflict and they are not sided

[@petergray453]

@@davejohnson1760 Nah, it's just they they validate your point of view.

[@davejohnson1760]

@@petergray453 i'm against the illegal imigration you fool 🤣

[@Pristeep_Tejas]

Very good documentary. Thank you for sharing this.

[@superspeederbooster]

Very good documentary! better than polish sources!

[@beickus]

the imam praying for the deceased as if there was some war and died in it...

[@maciejbadek2826]

Kurestwo przejmie cala Europe.

[@sino88]

09:53 这个红发大姐，是圣母玛丽亚吗 ？

[@yousufislam8919]

United Nations plz help Migrants

[@NilsDav]

United Nations please also help EU citizen….

[@0-_-046]

"imagine there's no countries..." Lennon was delussional. Period. Imagine. No more countries. No borders. No more olimpics. Representing - your country, fatherland. Because there is just... Dirt. Or Earth as you call it. No languages - let's talk just one. No flags. No anthems. Then, in next step I guess - imagine, there are no homes, no walls. Walls are racist. There are no garden fences - because Dirt, or Earth belongs to all of us, so you have right to enter wherever you want. Just imagine. And think.

[@bobbybannerjee5156]

Ger an education. And a heart. All borders are man-made. Like all religions. Who said no homes, no gardens? Stop lying about someone to make them look bad. Be honest first. Then get educated.

[@0-_-046]

Get woke go broke Bobby. Apply for Visa, and wait patiently, who knows, one day you may be even granted. Do not sneak to another countries through border fences if not invited. It's called culture. Hosts of country may not be interested inviting you. Educate yourself first what culture means. Let me remind you, we live in XXI century, it's no more wondering gipsy nomads land. @@bobbybannerjee5156

[@1Thisthathesethose]

​​@@bobbybannerjee5156 Stop it commie Bengali, tui ekta bokachoda. He is right, fuck Lenin fuck Stalin fuck communism fuck left wing. Nationalism is the future. Borders are man made because it is to segregate cultures and values of different people. My culture is Bharatiya and my people is Bharat. U and ur cpi should run to your master jingping also Poland has every right to defend themselves from terrorist scum.

[@deeznutz8320]

If we dont shoot them rhey will shoot is Look at the stats

[@MrStyrke]

EU has to get these migrants. It would be racist and egoist to not take them.

[@petergray453]

Oh, no. I guess we should get rid of borders, then.

[@JonDeth]

The fake news needs conflicts to exploit and to maintain that conflict, reverses roles so the villains are somehow the victims, and the victims are the villains. The fake news and corrupt government claim these people are refugees, but the Geneva conventions require people seeking refuge to report to the immediate most border guard stations and make their plea. *Instead, and as we all know, they don't do this and avoid the legal system by any means necessary to enter and occupy a foreign state.* It's no surprise there are citizens in Poland who will shoot the people illegally invading their country.

[@MrStyrke]

@@petergray453 yes 👍 we should replace the white supremacy by africain people and cancel everything that has been done by the white man. White women should marry black men in EU and adopt their cultures. In other words, EU should become Africa, else it’s racism.

[@thijsjong]

Je praat wel anders als er een centrum voor uitgeprocedeerde asielzoekers naast je deur komt. Links NIMBY-ism.

[@superspeederbooster]

those immigrants are being used a as disruption by the russia, if poland would allow them to enter russia would send even more to storm borders and disrupt goverments .

[@mobydick456]

Show it to families of the people who were killed by poor emigrants.