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Work on Belarus border barrier to start on Tuesday

A Border Guard spokesperson, Anna Michalska, said that the construction of the barrier will begin on Tuesday with the mounting of concrete pylons in the ground. Radek Pietruszka/PAP

The 5.5-metre-high barrier on Poland's border with Belarus will stretch over 186 kilometres and its construction will begin on Tuesday, the Polish Border Guard said on Monday.

Border Guard says 10,000 migrants plan to enter Poland from Belarus

Poland's Border Guard has said there are currently about 10,000 migrants in Belarus planning to enter Poland illegally.

Group of migrants behaves aggressively at border, reports Border Guard

A group of about 100 migrants has torn down and destroyed a fence as well as broken windows at a refugee centre in Wędrzyn, western Poland, a spokeswoman for the Border Guard has said on Thursday.

Two hundred migrants storm Polish border

Several groups of migrants, including one consisting of some 200 people, carried out attempts to break through the Polish border from Belarus on Friday afternoon, Polish border guard have reported.

Poland summons Belarusian Charge d'affaires over border standoff

The Polish foreign ministry has summoned the Belarusian charge d’affaires Alaksandr Czasnouski over the situation at the border, where there has been a surge in migration, PAP has learnt from its sources.

Belarusian services say migrants on border are on Belarusian side

The Belarusian border service has confirmed in an official letter to their Polish counterparts that migrants stranded on the border of the countries are on Belarusian territory, spokeswoman for the Polish Border Guard, Anna Michalska has told PAP.

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