(ANSA-AFP) - SOKOLKA, NOV 10 - EU and NATO member Poland said
Wednesday it had seen a surge in attempts to breach its border
and pushed back hundreds of migrants to Belarus, accusing Minsk
of "state terrorism" by provoking a new migrant crisis in
Europe. Concern was growing for more than 2,000 migrants --
mainly Kurds from the Middle East -- who are trapped at the
border, with the UN calling their plight "intolerable" and
demanding action. Western governments accuse Belarusian
strongman Alexander Lukashenko of luring them to his country and
sending them to cross into Poland in retaliation for sanctions.
"What we are facing here, we must be clear, is a manifestation
of state terrorism," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
told reporters in Warsaw at a press conference with visiting EU
chief Charles Michel. Michel said new sanctions against Belarus
"are on the table" and that EU members would consult on the
issue on Monday. (ANSA-AFP).
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