(AFP) Polish contractors began work on Tuesday on a 353-million-euro wall along the Belarus border aimed at deterring migrant crossings following a crisis in the area last year.
The 5.5-metre-high wall will run along 186 kilometres (115 miles) of the border — almost half the total length — and is to be completed in June.
“As planned, the construction sites were turned over to the contractors on Tuesday,” said Krystyna Jakimik-Jarosz, a border guard spokeswoman.
She refused to reveal the exact locations “for security reasons.”
“The Belarusian services are just waiting for that, so that they can send migrants over to the site,” Jakimik-Jarosz told AFP.
