Police appeared to be stopping and checking vehicles, amid tightened security controls in response to the migrant crisis, near Kuznica, near the Belarusian border, on Saturday.
It is estimated between 4-5,000 migrants are stranded at the border.
Tensions between the EU and Belarus have been escalating in recent months, with the EU accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately sending migrants to the border in response to sanctions imposed by the EU.
Earlier Lukashenko had stated that he would weaken control over migration at the borders with Western countries.
EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday that Belarus migrant 'hybrid attack' is a legal basis for a new round of sanctions for Minsk.
Police appeared to be stopping and checking vehicles, amid tightened security controls in response to the migrant crisis, near Kuznica, near the Belarusian border, on Saturday.
It is estimated between 4-5,000 migrants are stranded at the border.
Tensions between the EU and Belarus have been escalating in recent months, with the EU accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately sending migrants to the border in response to sanctions imposed by the EU.
Earlier Lukashenko had stated that he would weaken control over migration at the borders with Western countries.
EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday that Belarus migrant 'hybrid attack' is a legal basis for a new round of sanctions for Minsk.
Police appeared to be stopping and checking vehicles, amid tightened security controls in response to the migrant crisis, near Kuznica, near the Belarusian border, on Saturday.
It is estimated between 4-5,000 migrants are stranded at the border.
Tensions between the EU and Belarus have been escalating in recent months, with the EU accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately sending migrants to the border in response to sanctions imposed by the EU.
Earlier Lukashenko had stated that he would weaken control over migration at the borders with Western countries.
EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday that Belarus migrant 'hybrid attack' is a legal basis for a new round of sanctions for Minsk.