The Turkish Civil Aviation Authority has stopped selling plane tickets for Iraqis, Syrians and Yemenis to Minsk, a popular illegal EU entry point.
to stop bringing people from the Middle East to Minsk, a convenient starting point to entering EU member nations like Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.
"Women and children are sleeping outdoors in the bitter cold," Kluge said."Several people have already died. And COVID-19 cases are rising sharply across the region."Thousands of migrants have flocked to Belarus' border with Poland, hoping to get to Western Europe, and many of them are now stranded at the frontier, setting up makeshift camps.
Polish authorities said a large number of people remain just across the border in neighboring Belarus, and that Polish border guards, police and soldiers continue to rebuff attempts to enter each day. Nevertheless, Poland's Border Guards said that on Thursday they recorded 223 attempts to illegally cross from Belarus, fewer than earlier in the week.
Leggeri also said that reports of gunshots fired from the Belarusian side of the border mean it would"not be a safe place to deploy an operation."
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