Claudia Ciobanu is a Warsaw-based freelance journalist covering Central and Eastern Europe. Her articles have appeared on Reuters, The Guardian and al-Jazeera. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/claudia-ciobanu/rss en Laws & Policy Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:39:17 +0000 Claudia Ciobanu https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/26/poland-seals-europes-eastern-frontier-as-e-u-turns-a-blind-eye https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/26/poland-seals-europes-eastern-frontier-as-e-u-turns-a-blind-eye For almost a year, the Polish Border Guard has been turning away most Chechens and other asylum seekers arriving on the border with Belarus. The E.U. has kept largely silent – and has its own interest in keeping the bloc’s eastern border shut.