(Euronews) Migration once again became a key issue for Europe this past year as tensions flared up at the EU’s border with Belarus.
Hundreds of migrants gathered at the bloc’s border as the EU accused Belarus of waging a hybrid war and encouraging migration in retaliation for sanctions.
There were around 2,000 people gathered there by the end of November, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Yet the numbers greatly differ from the ones recorded during the 2015 migrant crisis, when over one million people reached Europe by sea.
In response, countries on the eastern border have erected fences asking for funds for anti-migrant measures, even as the European Commission says they will not pay for barbed wire or walls.
