(AFP) Poland’s interior minister on Monday asked for a state of emergency along the border with Belarus to be extended for 60 days as the EU slammed migrant deaths on that stretch and demanded explanations from Warsaw.
The emergency measures adopted earlier this month by Poland to cope with an influx of migrants ban all non-residents, including journalists and charity workers, from going near the border — a move slammed by charities and rights activists.
Six migrants have died along the European Union’s eastern border with Belarus in the past two months.
“I will recommend to the government the extension of the state of emergency on the Polish-Belarusian border,” Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said at a press conference.
