Dozens of migrants detained in Poland after 'breaking across Belarus border'
Poland said on Wednesday that dozens of migrants have been rounded up after managing to break through barbed-wire barriers to cross the border from Belarus and enter Polish territory.
"Over the last 24 hours, the police have detained more than 50 people near Bialowieza after they crossed the border illegally," regional police spokesman Tomasz Krupa told AFP.
He added that two separate groups of migrants, some of whom managed to escape after being arrested, were involved.
"The situation is not calm," Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Polish radio. He added that small groups were still trying to cross the border.
The Polish Defence Ministry has accused Belarusian forces of firing shots into the air in an area where migrants have set up a
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