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Migrants on Belarus-Poland border сomplain on cold and lack of food
Belarusian state border committee released on Friday drone footage of migrant camp in Grodno region showing migrants in camp as they continue to wait for border crossing.
Thousands of irregular migrants, from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, have been waiting for four days at the Polish-Belarusian border, complaining of cold and lack of food.
Poland and the EU have accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of trying to retaliate against EU sanctions by deliberately inviting and forcing migrants toward the Polish border.
Polish authorities stepped up border protection Monday and mobilized more than 12,000 troops after a large group of migrants started marching toward the country’s frontier with Belarus accompanied by the Belarusian military.