The situation that prevails due to it remains tense migration crisis on the border with Belarus. The countries’ border guard service announced on Friday (12/11) that a group of about 100 migrants is moving to a makeshift camp on the border with Poland. The information was transmitted by the Russian agency RIA.
At the same time, the Polish authorities revealed that they prevented two groups of immigrants from crossing the border from Belarus late on Thursday night (11/11), as reported by the private TV station TVN24, citing the local police.
Fire from Brussels to Minsk
For their part Brussels complains that Minsk encourages thousands people fleeing war-torn parts of the world to try to cross its borders and enter EU territory.
The EU has accused Belarus of carrying out a “hybrid attack”, while the Kremlin ally Belarus has warned that the crisis could escalate into a military confrontation.
Improvised camps in cold conditions
Trapped between Belarus and Poland, migrants set up makeshift camps and live in cold conditions.
The Polish border guard wrote on Twitter today that 223 attempts were made by immigrants to enter its territory yesterday, Thursday.
Two incidents that took place at night involved larger groups of migrants: one near Kuznitsa Bialostotska, where the Belarussian army tried to push about 35 people – mostly women and children – to the Polish side, and another involving a group of about 100 migrants near Polovce, the local police explained.
Polish President Andrei Duda visited the border with Belarus late yesterday Thursday, a day on which Independence Day is celebrated in Poland.
“I would like to thank all the soldiers, the police, the border guards and all those who serve at our border,” he wrote on Twitter. “They protect our security with their services. Glory and gratitude to them! “, He added.
The countries bordering Belarus warned on Thursday that the immigration crisis could escalate into a military conflict, while Ukraine announced that it would deploy more troops to strengthen its borders.
The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will meet in Vilnius on Monday to discuss the crisis and talk to Dudas via video link, the Lithuanian president’s office announced today.
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