Polish-Belarusian border

Newly-arrived British troops to assist Polish soldiers at border

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The additional group of British soldiers which landed in Poland on Monday will assist Polish soldiers in, among other tasks, the repair and construction of a temporary fence at the Polish-Belarusian border, announced the Polish defense minister.

Belarus bans food imports from Poland from January

Belarus is imposing a ban on imports of food products from a number of countries, including Poland, after the EU widened sanctions on Minsk amid a migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, the Polish agriculture ministry has announced.

Still no peace on eastern border - president

Andrzej Duda travelled to the Kuźnica crossing, the site of some of some of the most heated clashes between migrants and Polish security forces, to meet Polish and allied service personnel currently deployed to the area.

Migrants told by Belarusian services how to breach Polish border - ministry

Poland's defence ministry has posted images on Twitter which show notes with instructions on how to cross the Polish-Belarusian border, which it claims were found on the migrants.

Czech PM to ask parliament to send 150 troops to Poland

Andrej Babis, the Czech prime minister, has said he will ask both houses of the country's parliament to rubber stamp the sending of 150 soldiers to Poland's border region with Belarus owing to the migration crisis.

British, Estonian troops to assist in Polish border crisis

Poland's president has given his consent for British and Estonian troops to be present in Poland to support Polish forces in a migration crisis on the country's eastern border with Belarus, the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) tweeted on Thursday.

Poland criticises EC's extended asylum deadline idea for border crisis

Poland's ambassador to the EU has criticised the European Commission's idea to extend asylum application deadlines as an interim measure in a prolonged migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border.

Polish ambassador to EU promises further sanctions against Belarus

Poland's ambassador to the European Union has told PAP that a decision by the bloc to impose sanctions on Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko regime is just the beginning and that more will come.

FM appeals for "strong Nato signal" against Russian aggression

Poland's foreign minister appealed at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Riga for a "strong Nato signal" against Russia's aggressive policy towards its neighbours, most recently Ukraine, the Polish Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday.

President warns Belarus may bring Afghan migrants to Polish border

The Polish president has warned that Afghan migrants may appear on the Polish border if the Belarusian authorities, which have orchestrated the current crisis on the frontier, decide to create another one by bringing more migrants by air from Afghanistan.

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