FOREST BETWEEN POLAND AND BELARUS
“Bianca Senatore and photographer Rafał Wojczal travelled together to report on the situation on the border between Poland and Belarus, near the rural municipality of Białowieża and its surrounding forest. Working alongside the Polish human rights organisation Fundacja Ocalenie, the photos document the plight of migrants from the Horn of Africa who had been stranded in the forest for a week without food or water, pushed back and forth between Belarusian and Polish border police. Senatore and Wojczal captured the intervention of Fundacja Ocalenie as they located the migrants, distributed supplies and medical assistance, and guided them to safety, informing them of their right to seek asylum through Polish authorities.“
- African migrants helped by Fondacia Ocalenie, a Polish human rights organisation, after being rejected by Belarussian and Polish border police stranded in the forest with no food and water. The image depicts the organisation giving out supplies to the migrants.
- Migrants receiving supplies from Fondacia Ocalenie, a Polish human rights organisation.
- Emergency blankets given to migrants scattered around jackets and layers.
- Fondacia Ocalenie, a Polish human rights organisation, carrying supplies to stranded migrants between Belarus and Poland.
- The space occupied by stranded migrants between Belarus and Poland after being rejected by border police on both sides.
- The space occupied by stranded migrants between Belarus and Poland after being rejected by border police on both sides.
- Migrants coming from the horn of Africa stranded in the forest between Belarus and Poland after being rejected by border police on both sides.
- Migrant coming from the horn of Africa stranded in the forest between Belarus and Poland after being rejected by border police on both sides.
- Migrants coming from the horn of Africa stranded in the forest between Belarus and Poland after being rejected by border police on both sides.
- Migrants coming from the horn of Africa traversing the forest between Belarus and Poland after being rejected by border police on both sides.
- African migrants being given medical attention by Fondacia Ocalenie, a Polish human rights organisation, after being rejected by Belarussian and Polish border police stranded in the forest with no food and water.
Photos: Rafal Wojczal
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