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The Biden administration is imposing sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus for allowing illegal migrants to flood its borders and into the European Union even as America’s porous southern border leaks upwards of a million illegal migrants into U.S. territory.

Alexander Lukashenko accused Lithuania of tossing the bodies of dead migrants across the border between the two countries.

Alexander Lukashenko is using migrants as “siege” weapons against Europe to “save his skin”, a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News.

The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Pope Francis mention of the Mediterranean Sea as a migrant “graveyard” cannot be construed to refer to Russia.

The EU border agency Frontex reported that in the first ten months of 2021, illegal crossings into the bloc have increased by 70 per cent.

Poland remains under attack from Belarus, with a group of at least 200 migrants making an attempt to storm the nation Wednesday night.

The EU is set to blacklist firms involved with transporting migrants to Belarus for the purpose of destabilising the bloc.

Polish government official Stanisław Żaryn has predicted that the migrant crisis on the border with Belarus may last for a long time, adding that the conflict may be a “cynical ploy” orchestrated by Belarusian services facilitating the incursion attempts “to exhaust our soldiers and officers”.

A Polish Government Official has slammed reports by both CNN and the BBC on the ongoing Belarus Border Crisis.

The Australian network SBS found a Cuban refugee among the throngs of thousands of migrants on the border between Belarus and Poland. In an interview published on Monday, Juan Carlos told SBS he was one of seven Cubans attempting to escape communism into Europe after making it to Europe’s last dictatorship.

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on Western allies for solidarity to “defend Europe” against the mass migration “hybrid warfare” being waged by Belarus — declared the “greatest attempt to destabilise Europe” since the Cold War — defiantly declaring that “Poland will not yield to blackmail and will do everything to stop the evil threatening Europe”.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s leader plans to hold a series of talks around Europe about the pressure of migrants on the European Union’s border with Belarus, a crisis that he expects will continue.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has told the BBC that it is “absolutely possible” that his forces are helping Middle Eastern migrants break through the eastern borders of the EU and NATO, and that he will not be looking into it.

Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.

The British government is sending some 150 military personnel to guard against not the illegal migrant influx to Britain, but to the European Union member-state of Poland.

The Polish government has released footage purporting to show child migrants being “prepped” to look sympathetic for the media.

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has said migrants trying to force their way into the EU via Poland should attempt to claim asylum in Belarus, or be helped to return to their home countries if they do not have a valid asylum claim.

The EU’s eastern frontier with Belarus at the Polish border was the scene of violent clashes Tuesday morning after groups of migrants attempted to force their way across.

The French government has come out in opposition to EU funding for the construction of a wall on the border between Poland and Belarus.

Ukraine has moved to reinforce its border with Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus, in case it becomes the next victim of the “artificially created migrant crisis” afflicting Poland and Lithuania.

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on Monday demanded honest answers from Moscow about the “large and unusual concentration” of Russian forces massing along the Ukrainian border.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated on Sunday that his country was in talks with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia over invoking NATO Article 4 as the migrant crisis with Belarus continues. Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty

Clashes between predominantly Iraqi and Afghan migrants bussed to the European Union’s frontier by Belarus and Polish forces may be repeated as numbers swell at crossing points once again.

EU foreign ministers are expected Monday to decide to expand sanctions against Belarus to include airlines, travel agents and individuals.

Boris Johnson’s government has sent soldiers to fortify the Polish border and chastised Vladimir Putin for his alleged role in the Belarus migrant crisis, even as France lets boat migrants flood Britain.

Polish forces are warning Middle Eastern migrants massed on the Belarusian frontier that they may be met with force if they fail to follow their instructions.

Finland’s Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo said that if it faces the same kind of migrant pressure as Poland and the Baltic States, the country could close its border.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish authorities reported Sunday that a group of migrants who tried to cross the border from Belarus attacked Polish police officers with stones, hitting one in the helmet.

Belarusian state-owned airline Belavia has announced it will no longer accept Iraqi, Syrian, or Yemeni nationals aboard flights to Belarus after the European Union threatened the airline with sanctions.

The Iraqi Embassy in Minsk announced on Thursday it will organize an evacuation flight for Iraqi citizens “wishing to return” home from Belarus amid a migration crisis.

The European Union is reportedly considering sanctions against Belarusian airlines that brought migrants from the Middle East to Minsk.

Poland has released footage of Belarusian forces targeting border guards with lasers and strobe lights, and accused them of trying to destroy anti-migrant fencing and arming migrants with tear gas. 

The Polish authorities have released footage of supplies being delivered to what appears to be becoming a long-term migrant camp on their border with Lukashenko’s Belarus, accusing the quasi-Stalinist state of trying to engineer a prolonged and destabilising crisis.

Poland’s national conservative government has fact-checked CNN on the migrant crisis engineered on the European Union’s eastern border by Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus. 

President Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to cut off gas to Europe in response to possible additional sanctions against Belarus over the ongoing migrant crisis along the border with the EU.

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to influence the Belarusian government to stop the migrant crisis unfolding along the Polish border.