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Ten of thousands of people demonstrated through Brussels on Sunday to protest lockdown restrictions imposed by the Belgian government.

Police in Croatia said that a German reporter was detained and fined for illegally entering the country from Bosnia with a group of migrants.

Mass demonstrations erupted across Europe on Saturday with anti-lockdown protests being staged in Vienna, Rome, and The Netherlands.

China officially downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania in protest after Taiwan established a de facto embassy in Vilnius.

Police have said at least two people may have been shot as a result of officers firing warning shots during violent protests in Rotterdam on Friday evening, as demonstrations against the Dutch government’s decision to enact another coronavirus lockdown descended into chaotic riots.

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.

MEPs have suggested the EU could reduce illegal arrivals by simply making it easier for migrants to enter legally. 

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 Austrian government has announced it will be forcing all residents to take a Wuhan virus vaccine. Those who refuse will face heavy fines and possible prison sentences starting in February.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has affirmed his support for Turkey becoming a member state of the European Union.

A pig farm in northern Germany began culling all of its 4,000 animals Wednesday after a case of African swine fever was confirmed there.

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.

Ten people were found dead at the bottom of an overcrowded wooden boat packed with 99 surviving migrants and refugees.

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.

The Austrian government has imposed a nationwide stay-at-home lockdown exclusively on the unvaccinated, in what opposition politicians have denounced as a “corona apartheid system”.

The EU imposed sanctions on four ministers recently appointed to the Syrian government, blaming them for continued repression on civilians.

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.

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.

A study released by the French Council for Economic Analysis has claimed that immigrants to France are typically low skilled and come mainly from only a few areas, such as North and sub-Saharan Africa.

Chancellor Angela Merkel told the citizens of Germany that it is their “duty” to get vaccinated and compared the coronavirus pandemic to the alleged climate 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. 

European Union member-state Latvia has banned unvaccinated MPs from voting in its parliament, as well as docking their pay.

VIENNA (AP) – Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised to move forward with similar measures nationwide, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday.

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.

Hungary could face fines from the EU for failing to comply with a ruling by the bloc on its handling of asylum claims.

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. 

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.

UK minister warns Poland border crisis should remain an EU issue, calling it “very, very, very, very dangerous territory”

Austria’s chancellor on Thursday stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine country are soaring.