(Reuters) Surrounded by lush forests, a dozen people huddled near a razor-tipped fence along the Belarus border, waiting for a chance to scale it or push aside its slats to head west into Poland.
On the other side, armed Polish border guards and soldiers walked and drove back and forth, keeping a close eye on [the] group, who were mostly young men from the Middle East, some of them marked with cuts from the sharp wire.
Tensions over migration are high across Europe as far-right parties calling for tougher controls face off against centrist movements in European Parliament elections, which are taking place in Poland on Sunday.
Here, that standoff has an extra geo-political edge.
