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The new German ruling coalition has not been clear about its view on the standoff with Belarus over migrants that have made their way to the country's border with the European Union, a senior German conservative member of the bloc's parliament said.

The World Health Organization will supply Belarus with medical aid packages today to assist migrants stranded along its borders with the EU. Thousands of migrants—mostly from the Middle East—have gathered at the border hoping to enter the EU via Latvia …

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa on Wednesday offered the help of his country's police force to Poland in protecting its border with Belarus, which is also the external border of the European Union (EU),

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko denies trying to engineer a confrontation with Poland by channelling thousands of migrants towards the border.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, the EU's eastern frontier, the "greatest attempt to destabilise Europe" since the Cold War.

The number of migrants trying to force their way into Poland from Belarus fell again on Friday after an apparent change in tack by Minsk that could help calm a crisis that has escalated into a major East-West confrontation.

Several large groups of migrants attempting to breach the border between Belarus and Poland have been successfully pushed back, Polish border officials say. The attempts occurred late on Friday near the Polish town of Dubicze Cerkiewne.

Belarus's authoritarian leader has told the BBC it is "absolutely possible" his forces helped migrants cross into Poland but denies they were invited.

The humanitarian and human rights situation along Poland's border with Belarus is "alarming" and urgent action is needed to protect the lives of people stranded there, the Council of Europe's (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights,

Poland has accused Belarus of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after clearing camps at the frontier. The accusation by Poland made clear that an apparent change of tack this week by Minsk had yet to resolve the …