Tension mounts at Polish-Belarus border, ministers say

The situation on the Polish-Belarusian border where hundreds of migrants are trying to enter Poland is extremely tense, including due to provocations from Belarusian state services, two Polish ministers have said. Poland and the Baltic countries have accused the Belarusian government of pushing migrants, most of them from the Middle East, across their borders in an effort to destabilise both its neighbours and the EU. Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said: "There have been a number of provocative incidents involving Belarusian uniformed services as well as mass attempts to violate the integrity of our border," Kaminski said, calling Minsk's actions politically-incited "mass illegal migration."