(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, NOV 8 - Polish authorities on Monday
said hundreds of migrants in Belarus were heading to the Polish
border aiming to force their way into the EU member. The
European Union accuses Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko
of orchestrating a wave of migrants and refugees, mainly from
the Middle East, trying to enter the EU in retaliation for
sanctions imposed by Brussels following a brutal crackdown by
his regime on the opposition. He has denied the charges. "Very
worrying information from the border. A large group of migrants
has gathered in Belarus, near the border with Poland. They have
just headed towards the border of the Republic of Poland. They
will try to enter Poland en masse," Stanislaw Zaryn, a spokesman
for Poland special services tweeted on Monday, posting videos
showing of hundreds of migrants in Belarus. "New information
shows that the group is under the strict control of armed
Belarusians. They are the ones who decide the direction the
group takes," Zaryn tweeted. (ANSA-AFP).
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