Poland plans a 600-kilometre military defence line along its borders with Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad by 2028. The ‘East Shield’ will be equipped with anti-tank trenches, concrete ...

Since 2021, Poland has established a border fence equipped with modern surveillance technology to prevent people from entering from Belarus. Rights activists accuse border guards of practicing a ...

Watched by drones and guarded by a five-and-a-half-metre steel barrier, a border crossing near the Polish town of Połowce encapsulates the security challenges facing the EU, Poland has said.

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

Polish border guards look east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Lorne Cooke “We have tightened our visa policy ...