Poland to build fence at border with Belarus
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- 23 August, 2021
- 15:11
Poland plans to build a fence along its border with Belarus and deploy more soldiers there to stop migrants seeking to enter the European Union nation, Report informs, referring to AP News.
The government on Monday also offered to send humanitarian aid to a group stuck at the border for more than two weeks.
Last week, the Polish government said it had deployed over 900 soldiers to the border with Belarus and was reinforcing the border with 150 kilometers (93 miles) of barbed wire. On Monday, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said more soldiers would be sent and that a fence 2.5 meters (8 feet) tall would be erected on the border.
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