migrant crisis
Belarus migrant crisis disrupts goods supplies to Russia
By Gleb Stolyarov and Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - The migrant crisis on the Belarus-Polish border has caused logistics problems for Russian food producers, who are suffering losses and risk…
Belarusian KGB set up fake social media accounts to inflame migrant crisis, Meta says
By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) - Facebook's parent company Meta has linked the Belarusian KGB to the setting up of dozens of fake social media accounts of people posing as…
‘Go through. Go,’ Lukashenko tells migrants at Polish border
By Kacper Pempel and Maria Kiselyova BRUZGI, Belarus/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko told migrants stranded at the border with Poland on Friday that his country would help them to…
France says Russia must exert pressure on Belarus
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Sunday that Russia had to exert pressure on Belarus to end the migrant crisis. "Russia must exert pressure on Belarus," Jean-Yves Le…
NATO offers further help to allies in Belarus migrant crisis – Stoltenberg
BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO is ready to further support allies affected by the Belarus migrant crisis, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, calling the situation on the border with Poland,…
NATO restates support for Poland over Belarus migrant crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the alliance was deeply concerned about Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's strategy of putting migrant lives at risk, offering Poland…
Lukashenko says he will hold second call with Merkel amid migrant crisis -Belta
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday he would have a second phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid a push to end a migrant crisis…
Macron, Putin agree on need to de-escalate migration crisis in Belarus -Elysee
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the need for a de-escalation of the migrant crisis at the Belarus border, even if the…
EU considers sanctions on Minsk airport over migrant crisis
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering imposing sanctions on Belarus' main airport in a bid to make it more difficult for airlines…
Russia denies role in EU border crisis, calls Aeroflot sanctions idea ‘crazy’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had nothing to do with the migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border and rejected as "crazy" a suggestion in a…
Ukraine to double border forces amid Poland-Belarus migrant crisis
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will double the number of border guards on its frontier with Belarus to prevent any attempts by migrants to enter the country illegally, Interior Minister Denys…
Russia blames EU for looming migrant ‘catastrophe’, sends bombers to overfly Belarus
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia blamed the European Union on Wednesday for the migrant crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland, accusing it of trying to "strangle" Belarus with plans to…
