In this conversation with Public Anthropologist's (Doctoral Researcher at Christian Michelsen's Institute) ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Research Professor Marta Bivand Erdal reflects on the continuing Poland-Belarus crisis. To what extent and in what ways is this a crisis? And what are the research ethics of examining this situation - including dilemmas of distance and proximity, in the face of migration management at the border.