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.

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 ...

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.

"Our top priority is to stop this artificially created migration route and not to allow people to cross the border illegally," Maciej Duszczyk, Poland's deputy minister for interior, told a group ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

Poland Wants the EU Focused on Security. Its Border With Belarus Highlights the Challenges POLOWCE, Poland (AP) — Poland's six-month presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security.

of border. It’s become a buffer zone since Belarus’ ally, Russia, invaded neighboring Ukraine three years ago. Similar fortifications farther north line Poland’s frontier with the Russian ...