#BORDER

A Belarusian officer was part of a group that assaulted Polish border guards during a recent attempted illegal crossing near the eastern town of Mielnik, Polish authorities reported.

Lithuanian border guards will use a helicopter to escort Russian trains traveling between Russia's Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic coast and Belarus to the east.

A leading human rights organization has accused Polish authorities of “unlawfully and sometimes violently” forcing migrants back into Belarus without assessing their need for protection.

Migrants who cross Poland’s eastern border illegally will not be able to claim asylum and will have to return to Belarus, a Polish deputy minister has said.

Poland has begun construction work on a €2.3-billion project to fortify its eastern borders with Russia and Belarus, the prime minister announced on Friday.

Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has called for ‘effective control’ of the European Union’s external borders to safeguard the Schengen Area, amid ongoing debates over migration policy.

Poland’s prime minister has doubled down on his ‘non-negotiable’ stance to tackle illegal immigration by saying it is his country’s duty to “protect” the Polish and European border.

Switzerland and Italy have redrawn their border in Europe’s highest mountain range as melting glaciers shift the previously fixed frontier amid climate change.

Norway is considering erecting a fence along part or all of the 198 kilometer (123 mile) border the Nordic country shares with Russia, a government minister has said.

Poland’s defense minister has said increased migratory pressure at the country’s border with Belarus is “serious” but under control.

Germany’s new controls along its northern and western borders have done little so far to curb illegal migration, the chairman of the German Police Union (GdP) has said, adding that the number of apprehended migrants and smugglers remains “low.”

Norway is boosting security at its nearly 200-kilometer border with Russia, with the government planning to establish a new military brigade specifically for this purpose.

A significant majority of Germans are in favor of stricter migration policies, according to a recent survey by YouGov conducted for the German news agency DPA.

Hungary is set to sue the European Commission to reimburse the costs of protecting the European Union's external border, which Budapest says has cost it some €2 billion, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's chief of staff said.

A Polish MEP has warned against treating Germany differently to Turkey.

Poland's Interior Minister has said that an exclusion zone running along the country’s border with Belarus will be extended by an additional 90 days.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a warning to Belarus over the concentration of significant military personnel and equipment near the Ukrainian border, saying that any further escalation could have dire consequences.

The Polish parliament voted on Friday to allow soldiers protecting the border to use lethal weapons in case of direct threats to the country and their own security.

Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko voiced hopes of managing and improving relations with Poland and Lithuania during a meeting with military university graduates in Minsk on Tuesday.