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Violence erupts at the Belarus-Poland border between guards and migrants
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NPR's A Martinez talks to CNN reporter Matthew Chance about the thousands of migrants who are still stuck in dire conditions along the border between Belarus and Poland.
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Belarus: whether or not Putin is behind the border crisis, it plays into Kremlin hands
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Russia and Belarus hold military drills as migrant crisis on EU border grows
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Belarus leader says he may ask Putin "to get involved" as Belarus-Poland migrant crisis escalates
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Violence erupts at the Belarus-Poland border between guards and migrants
The situation on the border in Belarus causes deep worry in Germany, where many of the migrants say they want to end up. Berlin has voiced its condemnation of Minsk and support for Poland. But many believe it needs to do more to help end the crisis.
The European Union is facing another crisis at its borders as thousands of migrants gather at the border between Belarus and Poland — with officials accusing Belarus of manufacturing a migrant surge to weaponize against the bloc — and fears that Russia may be behind the brewing tensions.
Hardly anyone used to stray into the villages on Belarus' western border. But with more migrants stranded here, residents are unsettled. Ales Petrowitsch reports from Belarus' border with Poland.
Thousands of people are stuck in a tense standoff on the Belarus-Poland border, as the humanitarian and geopolitical crisis worsens. Follow here for the latest news updates.
By Kara Fox, CNN Thousands of people are stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus in terrible conditions, trapped at the center of an intensifying geopolitical dispute. The migrants — most of whom are from the Middle East and Asia, and who are hoping to travel on from Poland deeper into Eur…
WARSAW, Poland — European Union officials on Wednesday accused Belarus of state-sponsored “trafficking” of human lives by luring desperate migrants to the Polish border — the edge of the EU — where many are now stuck in makeshift camps in freezing...
Thousands of migrants and refugees have flocked to Belarus' border with Poland, hoping to get to Western Europe, Many of them are now stranded at the frontier, setting up makeshift
The situation on the border in Belarus is causing deep worry in Germany, where many of the migrants say they want to go. Berlin has voiced condemnation of Minsk and support for Poland, and asked Moscow to intervene. Public opinion on the issue varies.
This week, thousands of refugees from across the developing world tried to enter Poland by crossing its border with Belarus, its neighbor to the east. But the European Union says this is not only a case of desperate families fleeing their homes, but is a hybrid attack by Alexander Lukashenko, consid…
Disturbing images are playing out along Poland-Belarus border with asylum seekers and refugees finding themselves caught in the middle of a “hybrid war” between the East and the West. Poland is forcing asylum seekers back into Belarus, which for its part is sending the refugees into Poland's razor-w…
By Kara Fox, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs and Matthew Chance, CNN Russia and Belarus flexed their military might for a third time this week near the Poland-Belarus border, where thousands of people are stranded in deplorable conditions, trapped at the center of an intensifying humanitarian and geo…
As the situation on the border between Poland and Belarus is deteriorating dramatically for thousands of migrants, others are trying to get into the EU via the Baltic states.
President Biden on Friday said the situation on the border between Belarus and Poland is of "great concern" -- as a growing number of migrants is leading to increased tensions in the region, and accusations that Belarus and Moscow are manufacturing a crisis.
Winter's arrival has sparked calls for urgent aid to the migrants stranded at the Belarus-Poland border. The EU is preparing fresh sanctions against Belarusian authorities.
European officials have accused Belarus of helping migrants reach and cross the border in order to destabilize the bloc and retaliate for sanctions against human rights abuses.
Thousands of migrants are stuck at the Poland-Belarus border in dire conditions. Meanwhile, the UAE is stopping Afghan, Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from boarding flights from Dubai to Minsk.
The EU is set to broaden sanctions against Belarus to include airlines, travel agencies and others involved in bringing migrants to the bloc's eastern border. Meanwhile, those trapped there are in desperate need of help. Aid agencies say at least nine people have died on the border so far.
Poland has accused Belarusian authorities of escorting migrants to its border crossing for propaganda purposes. Meanwhile, the EU has agreed to new sanctions on airlines linked to the crisis. DW has the latest.
