European ministers expressed concern on October 8 over the growing number of migrants illegally crossing from Belarus into several Baltic states, saying Minsk is intentionally facilitating their crossing to politically destabilize those countries and distract from human rights abuses at home by the Lukashenko regime.
Voice of America: Baltic States accuse Belarus of facilitating migration across their borders
A Polish soldier works on the construction of a barbed wire fence on the border with Belarus in Zubrzyca Wielka near Bialystok, eastern Poland on Aug. 26, 2021.