Migrants camp overnight at Polish border after tense day
ABC News
Polish police have posted video showing a group of migrants who camped overnight just on the far side of Poland’s eastern border in Belarus
WARSAW, Poland -- Polish police posted video early Tuesday showing a group of migrants who had camped overnight just on the far side of Poland's eastern border in Belarus. Polish riot police and coils of razor wire faced the migrants and police said the situation overnight was calm.
That followed a day of heavy tensions on the border, where a large group of migrants — hundreds if not thousands of people mostly from the Middle East and encouraged by Belarus — sought to illegally push their way into Poland.
In videos posted on Twitter, tents and campfires can be seen, in near-freezing temperatures, as the Polish police play an announcement warning the migrants that crossing the Polish border is only allowed at official border crossings. Visas are required.
But as of early Tuesday, the nearest crossing point, in Kuznica, in the northeast of the country, was closed.
