Poland’s government has formally asked President Andrzej Duda to declare a state of emergency along parts of its border with Belarus amid a surge of migrants that Warsaw and its EU partners believe is being encouraged and facilitated by Aleksandr Lukashenko’s regime in Minsk.
RFE/RL: Polish government asks for ‘state of emergency’ amid migrant surge from Belarus
Migrants believed to be from Afghanistan sit on the ground in the small village of Usnarz Gorny near Bialystok, northeastern Poland, located close to the border with Belarus, on August 20, 2021.
