Poland-Belarus crisis in full – The key things driving chaos at the border

Belarus’ President, Alexander Lukashenko, has been accused, by European leaders, of fuelling the crisis as revenge for western sanctions.

A European Commission spokesman said: “This is part of the inhuman and really gangster-style approach of the Lukashenko regime that he is lying to people, he is misusing people, misleading them, and bringing them to Belarus under the false promise of having easy entry into the EU.”

However, Russia, Belarus’s close ally, has suggested that the EU could provide financial assistance to Belarus to encourage it to stop allowing migrants from entering its borders.

source: express.co.uk