Once they realise that, under EU rules, they need to apply in the first country of arrival (namely, Poland) and remain there ... away from the border, while others were "coerced to sign papers" that, ...

However, illegal migrants bused to the border by Russian and Belarusian authorities increasingly use garden ladders to scale the wall and get into Poland.

Watched by drones and guarded by a five-and-a-half-metre steel barrier, a border crossing ... As a result, Poland has recently toughened its migration policies, something the country says is ...

Doctors Without Borders says this could have “dramatic consequences.” It’s urged Poland “to drastically change course of action” and do all it can to protect migrants and refugees.

The Polish authorities have absented themselves from responsibility for migrants dying on the border with Belarus, leaving NGOs and activists to find and identify bodies lying in the forest areas.