Officials say Poland is stepping up security at its border with Belarus, on the European Union's eastern border, following reports that a large group of migrants is headed there.

Poland has increased security at its border with Belarus, on the European Union's eastern border, after a large group of migrants in Belarus appeared to be congregating by the frontier seeking to try to force their way into Poland, officials said Monday.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is stepping up security at its border with Belarus, on the European Union’s eastern border, following reports that a large group of migrants is headed there. Since the summer Poland has been under increasing pressure from migrants from the Middle East and Africa trying to cross into the EU from

Hundreds if not thousands of migrants sought to storm the border from Belarus into Poland on Monday, cutting razor wire fences and using branches to try and climb over them. The siege escalated a crisis along the European Union's eastern border that has been simmering for months.

Defence Ministry video taken later showed the migrants settling in for the night by the border.

Video distributed by the Polish Defense Ministry on November 8 showed hundreds of migrants trying to force down a fence on Poland's border with Belarus near Kuznica. The EU has accused Belarus's authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka of creating the migrant crisis to destabilize the EU.

Poland is stepping up security measures on its border with Belarus (the European Union's eastern border) after reports that a large group of migrants in Belarus have headed to a checkpoint on the Polish-Belarusian border, world news agencies reported, citing official sources. Border Service spokeswoman Evelina Szczepanska said the number of border guards, police and soldiers at the border has increased.

EU and NATO member Poland on Monday said it had repelled an attempt by hundreds of migrants to illegally cross the border with Belarus, but that thousands more were on the way and future attempts to breach its frontier could be "armed in nature". The United States called on Minsk to stop what it...

Washington and Brussels called on Minsk to stop what they described as an orchestrated influx.

A spokeswoman for Poland’s Border Guards, Ewelina Szczepanska, said the presence of guards, police and the military has been reinforced at the border.

Hundreds of migrants try to force their way across the Polish-Belarusian border

Belarus is accused of sending migrants across the border in retaliation for EU sanctions.

The Polish Defense Ministry distributed a video on November 8 which it said showed a large group of migrants at the border between Belarus and Poland, near the Bruzhi-Kuznica border crossing.

Poland has closed a border crossing along its eastern border with Belarus as Minsk warned Warsaw against "any provocations" amid a continuing migration crisis that has alarmed the European Union.

Tensions rise as Belarus escorts migrants towards Polish border – video

EU members Poland and Lithuania say they are stepping up security at their borders with Belarus as Warsaw said that thousands of migrants were massing near the Belarusian side of the border.

Scores of migrants are stranded in the border region between Belarus, Poland and Lithuania. A refugee based in Austria has headed to Poland in hopes of finding his father and mother. Magdalena Gwozdz-Pallokat reports.

Violent clashes are taking place on NATO's frontier as Belarus pushes thousands of Middle Eastern migrants towards the Polish border.

A desperate humanitarian situation is unfolding on the border with Belarus.

WARSAW, Poland — Hundreds if not thousands of migrants sought to storm the border from Belarus into Poland on Monday, cutting razor wire defenses and using branches to try and climb over fences. The s

The rush of migrants trying to enter Poland illegally comes at an opportune time for the country’s ruling party.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland reinforced its border with Belarus with more riot police, a day after groups of migrants tried to storm through a razor-wire fence on the eastern frontier where thousands have camped on the Belarusian side in the tense standoff. The European Union accuses Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko of using the migrants

Polish police posted video early on Tuesday showing a group of migrants who had camped overnight just on the far side of Poland’s eastern border in Belarus.

MOSCOW, Nov 9 — The Belarusian defence ministry today denied allegations from Warsaw that Minsk was coordinating a wave of migrants attempting to cross into neighbouring EU member state Poland. “The Belarusian defence ministry considers the accusations of the Polish side unfounded and...

The Belarusian defence ministry denied allegations from Warsaw that Minsk was co-ordinating a wave of migrants attempting to cross into neighbouring EU member state Poland.

While he made frantic calls from a hotel near the Belarusian border, his family hid in a frigid forest ditch, desperate to evade Polish patrols. A Syrian family’s struggle to survive is a microcosm of a migrant crisis that Angela Merkel said was a result of “state-backed human trafficking” by Minsk.

Lithuania considers state of emergency for Belarusian border area after surge in illegal crossing attempts

Poland has vowed to 'defend Europe' and warned of an 'armed escalation' of conflict, sparking fears of a new deadly chapter in the European migrant crisis.

Turkish Airlines and FlyDubai could be blacklisted by the EU for flying migrants to Belarus after an attack on the Polish border blew up into an international incident.

Germany has urged the European Union to take action to help Poland secure its border with Belarus to stop the flow of migrants crossing illegally from Belarus.

Latvia has prepared action plans in case the situation on the Latvian-Belarusian border changes, as the Minister of the Interior Marija Golubeva told the press.

The leaders of Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish government have plans to ask the European Union to impose «tighter sanctions against the violent regime of Aleksandr Lushashenko», as confirmed by Latvian Prime Minister’s press-secretary Sandris Sabajevs.

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