Senior government officials in Helsinki and Warsaw called out the illegal migration problem coming to Europe from the Middle East and Africa, labeling it as an example of Russian “hybrid warfare” meant to destabilize their countries.
Finnish authorities have arrested two members of a cargo ship’s crew in connection with damage to an undersea telecommunications cable.
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The Global War on Terror-era head of the NATO alliance now hoards food against the possibility of the “lights going out”, he has said.
Tensions escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport.
Bulgaria has warned that far-left open borders groups are working in conjunction with people smuggling networks and Russian intelligence services to facilitate illegal immigration into Europe.
Poland has activated border controls apparently after being embarrassed by citizen vigilantes taking on border defence roles themselves.
Russian-crewed ship that authorities suspect may have been involved in damage to an underwater fiber optic cable stopped off Norway.
Poland will enact a temporary ban on asylum claims to “regain control and ensure safety” in the country, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Norway may put a fence along the border it shares with Russia to prevent Moscow from using illegal migrants as a means of “hybrid warfare”.
Poland’s defense minister said his country is strengthening the metal barrier along its border with Belarus to deter illegal migration.
EU border agency sending officers and equipment to Finland to help amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants.
Finland will close four crossing points on its long border with Russia to stop the flow of Middle Eastern and African migrants.
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Immigration, Ylva Johansson, has warned that Russia may be trying to create an influx of refugees into the European Union by bombing critical infrastructure across Ukraine.
Russia could be looking to mount a “hybrid attack” in the form of starting another migrant crisis into Europe, Poland’s deputy prime minister has claimed.
The Polish government has reported that it has seen a new surge of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa attempt to cross into the country illegally from Belarus, claiming the migrants first fly to Russia.
A senior researcher at a Finnish think-tank has claimed that Russia may try to flood Finland with migrants in retaliation for joining NATO, as some reports suggest the country may announce an application to the alliance soon.
The Polish Border Guard saw a surge in illegal immigrants coming via Belarus this week, with 134 attempting to cross into the EU and NATO member on Tuesday — a daily record number for the year so far.
Poland’s national conservative prime minister has warned that the country’s left-liberal opposition will leave the country’s border “like Swiss cheese” if its left-liberal opposition parties return to power in the 2023 elections.
Poland remains under attack from Belarus, with a group of at least 200 migrants making an attempt to storm the nation Wednesday night.
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.
Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.
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.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated on Sunday that his country was in talks with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia over invoking NATO Article 4 as the migrant crisis with Belarus continues. Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty
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.
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.
Violent clashes have taken place on the frontiers of NATO and the EU as Poland defends its border with Belarus against thousands of Middle Eastern migrants driven there by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Minsk.
