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Poland Installs Monitoring Gear On Belarus Border Wall


A Polish border guard patrols the area near a metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus. (file photo)
A Polish border guard patrols the area near a metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus. (file photo)

Polish officials on November 18 inspected the initial installation phase of high-tech monitoring equipment along a metal wall on the border with Belarus geared toward preventing thousands of migrants from crossing into the European Union country. Polish authorities have accused Belarus's authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenka of pushing thousands of migrants into Poland and by extension destabilizing the EU. To see the original AP story, click here.

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