Watched by drones and guarded by a five-and-a-half-metre steel barrier, a border crossing near the Polish town of Połowce encapsulates the security challenges facing the EU, Poland has said.

Some 13,000 border guards and soldiers ... the exhumation of Polish victims of World War II-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists, in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Worth around £2 billion, ‘East Shield’ is the largest programme of its nature on the continent since the end of World War II. It aims to fortify Poland’s borders with Belarus, and the ...

Doctors Without Borders says this could have “dramatic consequences.” It’s urged Poland “to drastically change course of action” and do all it can to protect migrants and refugees.

However, illegal migrants bused to the border by Russian and Belarusian authorities increasingly use garden ladders to scale the wall and get into Poland.

Doctors Without Borders says this could have “dramatic consequences.” It’s urged Poland “to drastically change course of action" and do all it can to protect migrants and refugees.

Poland Wants the EU Focused on Security. Its Border With Belarus Highlights the Challenges POLOWCE, Poland (AP) — Poland's six-month presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security.

A Polish border guard looks east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lorne Cooke) ...