٠٠:٠١:٢١Crowds of migrants remained stranded at a makeshift camp in Bruzgi, by the Polish border, on Saturday.
Large numbers including women and children have been camped out in the Bruzgi region, on the Belarusian side of the border crossing, in the hopes of being able to cross into Poland.
Many were seen sitting beside makeshift shelters with guards patrolling the area.
Tensions between the EU and Belarus have been escalating in recent months, with the EU accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately directing migrants over the border in response to sanctions imposed by the EU, a claim which he denies.
President of the European Council Charles Michel said that EU borders were facing a 'brutal hybrid attack' in comments made on Tuesday.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meanwhile has called on the EU to 'extend and tighten' sanctions against Belarus.
Poland strengthened border patrols on the frontier with Belarus on October 20 and put up a barbed wire fence in place in an attempt to stem the flow.
Belarus: Stranded migrants remain in makeshift Poland-Belarus border camp
Crowds of migrants remained stranded at a makeshift camp in Bruzgi, by the Polish border, on Saturday.
Large numbers including women and children have been camped out in the Bruzgi region, on the Belarusian side of the border crossing, in the hopes of being able to cross into Poland.
Many were seen sitting beside makeshift shelters with guards patrolling the area.
Tensions between the EU and Belarus have been escalating in recent months, with the EU accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately directing migrants over the border in response to sanctions imposed by the EU, a claim which he denies.
President of the European Council Charles Michel said that EU borders were facing a 'brutal hybrid attack' in comments made on Tuesday.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meanwhile has called on the EU to 'extend and tighten' sanctions against Belarus.
Poland strengthened border patrols on the frontier with Belarus on October 20 and put up a barbed wire fence in place in an attempt to stem the flow.
Crowds of migrants remained stranded at a makeshift camp in Bruzgi, by the Polish border, on Saturday.
Large numbers including women and children have been camped out in the Bruzgi region, on the Belarusian side of the border crossing, in the hopes of being able to cross into Poland.
Many were seen sitting beside makeshift shelters with guards patrolling the area.
Tensions between the EU and Belarus have been escalating in recent months, with the EU accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately directing migrants over the border in response to sanctions imposed by the EU, a claim which he denies.
President of the European Council Charles Michel said that EU borders were facing a 'brutal hybrid attack' in comments made on Tuesday.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meanwhile has called on the EU to 'extend and tighten' sanctions against Belarus.
Poland strengthened border patrols on the frontier with Belarus on October 20 and put up a barbed wire fence in place in an attempt to stem the flow.