Polish security forces arrested last night around 100 migrants trying to cross the border with Belarus, the Polish Ministry of Defense announced today.
“A group of about 100 migrants has been arrested by Polish services,” the ministry said, accusing Belarusians of “forcing migrants to throw stones at Polish soldiers to distract them.”
“The attempt to cross the border took place a few hundred meters away from there,” near the village of Dubce Cherkievne, the ministry said.
A video released by the Ministry of Defense shows Polish soldiers encircling a large group of migrants sitting at night in a forest near a barbed wire fence.
Lebanon, meanwhile, has asked airlines to restrict travelers traveling to Belarus to those with visas, visas or Belarusian citizenship, according to a statement from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation seen by Reuters today.
European countries accuse Minsk of transporting thousands of migrants by air, mainly from the Middle East, to Belarus, and are forcing them to cross the border illegally to punish Europe for imposing sanctions on Minsk over its crackdown on protesters. of democracy by the Belarusian authorities
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