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Voice of America: Poland accuses Belarus of pushing migrants its way

By Voice of America.

Published Aug. 25, 2021 at 8:45 am

Barbed wire is seen on the border between Poland and Belarus not far from the small vilage of Usnarz Gorny near Bialystok, northeastern Poland, on August 20, 2021. - The fate of 32 migrants stranded on the border between Belarus and Poland is rapidly becoming a major headache for the Polish authorities, desperate not to show weakness in a stand-off with their authoritarian neighbour. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

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Poland’s prime minister said Tuesday that Belarus was purposely encouraging migrants from the Middle East to enter Poland to destabilize the European Union. “Our eastern neighbor is trying systematically, and in an organized way, to destabilize the political situation,” Mateusz Morawiecki said during a visit to the eastern town of Kuznica.