٠٠:٠١:٤٥A group of migrants, including women and children, continued to stay at a logistics centre in the village of Bruzgi, near the Polish border on Wednesday, as thousands of migrants remain stranded in the border area.
The shelter provided the people with humanitarian aid, warm clothes, food, and other necessities, as well as mattresses and pillows.
One of the migrants said the conditions at the centre were much better than in the makeshift tent camp on the border, adding she was unsure how long the refugees would stay here.
"We need to go to Germany, but I don't know how. Maybe we'll go back to our country, or we'll try to approach the border [with Poland] at another time. I don't know," she said.
Polish special services estimate that around 3,500 migrants have gathered in the border zone since last week. Tensions in the area have been escalating, with Tuesday seeing Polish forces deploying tear gas and water cannons in order to disperse migrants gathered at the closed Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing.
Migrants proceeded to respond by throwing projectiles, resulting in the injury of nine Polish police officers.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday that Minsk was ready to organise flights to send migrants back to their homeland.
The migrant crisis comes amid escalating tensions between the EU and Belarus. Brussels has accused Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to put pressure on the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.
Last month Poland strengthened border patrols on the frontier with Belarus and put up a barbed-wire fence in place in an attempt to stem the flow.
Belarus: Logistics centre near Polish border provides shelter for migrants
A group of migrants, including women and children, continued to stay at a logistics centre in the village of Bruzgi, near the Polish border on Wednesday, as thousands of migrants remain stranded in the border area.
The shelter provided the people with humanitarian aid, warm clothes, food, and other necessities, as well as mattresses and pillows.
One of the migrants said the conditions at the centre were much better than in the makeshift tent camp on the border, adding she was unsure how long the refugees would stay here.
"We need to go to Germany, but I don't know how. Maybe we'll go back to our country, or we'll try to approach the border [with Poland] at another time. I don't know," she said.
Polish special services estimate that around 3,500 migrants have gathered in the border zone since last week. Tensions in the area have been escalating, with Tuesday seeing Polish forces deploying tear gas and water cannons in order to disperse migrants gathered at the closed Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing.
Migrants proceeded to respond by throwing projectiles, resulting in the injury of nine Polish police officers.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday that Minsk was ready to organise flights to send migrants back to their homeland.
The migrant crisis comes amid escalating tensions between the EU and Belarus. Brussels has accused Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to put pressure on the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.
Last month Poland strengthened border patrols on the frontier with Belarus and put up a barbed-wire fence in place in an attempt to stem the flow.
A group of migrants, including women and children, continued to stay at a logistics centre in the village of Bruzgi, near the Polish border on Wednesday, as thousands of migrants remain stranded in the border area.
The shelter provided the people with humanitarian aid, warm clothes, food, and other necessities, as well as mattresses and pillows.
One of the migrants said the conditions at the centre were much better than in the makeshift tent camp on the border, adding she was unsure how long the refugees would stay here.
"We need to go to Germany, but I don't know how. Maybe we'll go back to our country, or we'll try to approach the border [with Poland] at another time. I don't know," she said.
Polish special services estimate that around 3,500 migrants have gathered in the border zone since last week. Tensions in the area have been escalating, with Tuesday seeing Polish forces deploying tear gas and water cannons in order to disperse migrants gathered at the closed Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing.
Migrants proceeded to respond by throwing projectiles, resulting in the injury of nine Polish police officers.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday that Minsk was ready to organise flights to send migrants back to their homeland.
The migrant crisis comes amid escalating tensions between the EU and Belarus. Brussels has accused Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to put pressure on the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.
Last month Poland strengthened border patrols on the frontier with Belarus and put up a barbed-wire fence in place in an attempt to stem the flow.