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Poland: Polish side deploys water cannons on migrants as clashes intensify at Belarusian border00:44
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The Polish side deployed water cannons towards migrants at the Kuznica-Bruzgi border crossing with Belarus on Tuesday.

Forces from the Polish side could be seen holding shields and weapons as migrants kept throwing rocks towards them.

Currently, thousands of migrants are stranded along the border between Belarus and Poland. Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko has been accused of engineering a migrant crisis along the border by encouraging migrants to travel illegally into the European Union in response to economic sanctions against his country.

Poland: Polish side deploys water cannons on migrants as clashes intensify at Belarusian border

Poland, Kuznica
November 16, 2021 at 11:35 GMT +00:00 · Published

The Polish side deployed water cannons towards migrants at the Kuznica-Bruzgi border crossing with Belarus on Tuesday.

Forces from the Polish side could be seen holding shields and weapons as migrants kept throwing rocks towards them.

Currently, thousands of migrants are stranded along the border between Belarus and Poland. Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko has been accused of engineering a migrant crisis along the border by encouraging migrants to travel illegally into the European Union in response to economic sanctions against his country.

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Mandatory credit: Polish Ministry of Defence​

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The Polish side deployed water cannons towards migrants at the Kuznica-Bruzgi border crossing with Belarus on Tuesday.

Forces from the Polish side could be seen holding shields and weapons as migrants kept throwing rocks towards them.

Currently, thousands of migrants are stranded along the border between Belarus and Poland. Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko has been accused of engineering a migrant crisis along the border by encouraging migrants to travel illegally into the European Union in response to economic sanctions against his country.

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