Belarus-Poland border wall is impacting refugees and wildlife

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Despite a recent election in Poland, its unclear exactly which party will rule the country’s next government. But no matter the outcome, humanitarian activists say one thing is likely to stay the same: Poland’s rough and possibly illegal treatment of refugees from the Global South. There will also be little change in the border wall that Poland has built to prevent more migrants coming over from Belarus. Laicie Heeley and Katie Toth from the podcast Things That Go Boom, look at how conservationists are fighting to protect the sensitive ecosystem at the Polish border.

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