Metal barrier and barbed wire seen during a press conference that marks the end of building of the physical barriers between Poland and Belarus. The Polish government decided to build a 186 kilometre long and meter high steel barrier with barbed wire on the Polish - Belarus border, which is as well the border of the European Union and NATO. The decision was made after thousands of migrants, mainly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan tried to cross into Poland from Belarus. The government of Belarus was accused of orchestrating the migration, with help from Russia. The pressure on the Polish b
Metal barrier and barbed wire seen during a press conference that marks the end of building of the physical barriers between Poland and Belarus. The Polish government decided to build a 186 kilometre long and meter high steel barrier with barbed wire on the Polish - Belarus border, which is as well the border of the European Union and NATO. The decision was made after thousands of migrants, mainly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan tried to cross into Poland from Belarus. The government of Belarus was accused of orchestrating the migration, with help from Russia. The pressure on the Polish border is today seen as the first step of a larger plan of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to destabilise the European Union.
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