Migrants: walls go up around Fortress Europe
Poland has started work on a €353 million wall along its frontier with Belarus. What other border barriers have sprung up across Europe, particularly since the migrant crisis of 2015
West became ‘arrogant’ after fall of Soviet Union: Gorbachev
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says the West, especially the United States, grew "arrogant and self-confident" after the collapse of the USSR in 1991, leading to the eastward expansion of NATO
EU, Poland still at odds despite united front on migrants
Warsaw and Brussels may have put on a united front over the Belarus migrant crisis, but analysts doubt the cooperation will extend to their longstanding row over judicial independence
What you need to know about the EU-Belarus migrant crisis
The EU and Belarus are currently locked in a stand-off over migrants. This is what you need to know about the crisis that has seen thousands trapped in dire conditions on the Belarus-Poland border
EU should prepare for more migrant crises: border chief
The European Union should be prepared for more migrant crises like the ones on the Greece-Turkey and Poland-Belarus borders, the head of the EU's border agency told AFP in an interview
All roads lead to Belarus on Iraq ‘package deals’
Iraqis willing and able to pay thousands of dollars for would-be "package deals" to the EU via Belarus have several itineraries to choose from. With many stuck at the Belarus-Poland border, AFP spoke to travel agents and migrants
Five things to know about the Poland-Belarus migrant crisis
An influx of migrants on the border between Poland and Belarus -- the EU's eastern frontier -- has led to an escalating crisis, with concerns growing in Europe. Five things to know about the stand-off
‘Lives under threat’: Plight of migrants sparks Polish solidarity
"Everything okay?" a Polish activist asks a Syrian mother whose family has spent a week in the cold, wet woods between Belarus and Poland, among thousands of migrants who have tried to cross to the EU
Belarus plane diversion raises legal questions
Governments were quick to denounce the diversion of a Ryanair plane by Belarus as an act of "terrorism" and "state-sponsored piracy" -- but will the country face legal consequences?
Airlines avoid Belarus: What’s the impact?
Global airlines are avoiding the airspace of Belarus after the country diverted a Ryanair jet and arrested a dissident journalist on board - this is how it is affecting the aviation sector
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