European Union foreign ministers are gathering to find a common stance in the Ukraine crisis. While the standoff there shows how minor a role the EU plays geopolitically, it could also provide an impulse to change that.
Polish authorities reported finding the body of a man and a Nigerian passport at a forest near the border with Belarus as groups of migrants remain stranded in poor conditions.
A move by the EU Commission to restrict asylum rights at the bloc's external border with Belarus has come in for sharp criticism. Meanwhile, a controversial border protection law has already come into force in Poland.
WARSAW, Nov 26 — A group of migrants started a riot in a detention centre in Western Poland yesterday, demanding better conditions or a transfer to Germany or Iraq, Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik said today. Thousands of migrants are stranded on the European Union’s eastern frontier, in...
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has called on Germany to accept migrants, a move Berlin says it has rejected. The EU is exploring possible repatriations. Meanwhile, concerns are mounting about a COVID outbreak.