Some Iraqi migrants have said they might try to apply for asylum in Belarus — creating a possibly charged situation for Mr. Lukashenko. Image Migrants walking from the Polish border to a warehouse shelter on Thursday in Belarus. As the Polish government pressed ahead with legislation that would extend the country’s most sweeping state of emergency in modern history, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the German publication Bild that “by defending the Polish border, we defend the whole of Europe.” Where Migrants Gathered at the Belarus-Poland Border N BELARUS Migrants Border POLAND Border crossing Kuznica BELARUS POLAND Kuznica BELARUS N Migrants Border POLAND Border crossing Kuznica BELARUS POLAND Kuznica BELARUS Migrants Border POLAND Border crossing N Kuznica BELA. Ms. Merkel, who on Wednesday had her second phone call this week with Mr. Lukashenko, is the first leader of an E.U. The region between Belarus, Poland and Lithuania is one of Europe’s most strategically sensitive.

Source: New York Times November 19, 2021 01:35 UTC