Sekreta: Europe itself created the conditions for the migration crisis

The Deputy Minister drew attention to the causes of the migration crisis in Europe:

"Europe itself created this magnet. Everyone knows perfectly well that Germany has a very generous social security system. I think this is, in fact, even unfair to the Germans themselves. But that's your choice. In my opinion, keeping someone in a difficult situation permanently dependent on social security at the expense of your own citizens' taxes is wrong. You choose the policy you want, and voters then vote for it. As far as I know from the German press, more and more Germans are speaking out against this course. They openly say: "We don't want to pay for the stay of those who don't want to work on our territory". And I completely agree with them".

Igor Sekreta explained how the Belarusian model of migrant integration differs from the European one:

"We have a completely different approach in Belarus: if you want equal rights with Belarusians, you must work like a Belarusian. You must become one of us: learn the language, obey the laws, earn money and pay taxes. Then you'll be treated as one of our own. That's why we don't attract a huge influx of migrants - they know that they need to work here. Meanwhile, in Germany, Sweden and other Scandinavian countries, conditions have been created that literally stimulate this influx".

The deputy minister also dispelled the myth of "targeted" assistance from Minsk in the refugee crisis on the Polish border: