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Migrant carry firewood as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an “unprecedented” military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA pool photo via AP) Migrants walk along the barbed wire as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an “unprecedented” military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) Belarusian servicemen take a photo of a sick man as other migrants gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an “unprecedented” military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) A girl holds a poster for journalist as migrants gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an “unprecedented” military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) Children play near barbed wire as other migrants gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Thousands of people from Middle Eastern nations devastated by conflict have been trying to slip into the European Union. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) Soldiers of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service line up at the border with Belarus in the Volyn region, Ukraine, on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. Ukraine has sent 8.5 thousand servicemen amid the migrant crisis as thousands of migrants who came to Belarus from the Middle East and Africa are trying to enter the European Union through Poland. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP) A Belarusian serviceman treats a migrant as other from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) A boy eats a sausage as migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) Migrants line up to collect drinking water as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) A woman and her child sit near a fire as other migrants gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) In this photo taken from video released by the Belarusian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, Russian paratroopers jump from military helicopters during joint military exercising near the border with Poland, Belarus, Russia has sent paratroopers to Belarus in a show of support for its ally amid the tensions over an influx of migrants on the Belarusian border with Poland. The Belarusian military said the exercise involving a battalion of Russian paratroopers was intended to test the readiness of the allies' rapid response forces due to an "increase of military activities near the Belarusian border." (Belarusian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) A polish police officer checks a bus near the border to Belarus, that was closed because of a large group of migrants camping in the area on the Belarus side who had tried to illegally push their way into Poland and into the European Union, in Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. EU and Polish officials have accused the longtime leader of Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, of facilitating illegal border crossings in retaliation for sanctions the EU imposed on his government for its brutal crackdown on dissent following Lukashenko’s disputed reelection last year. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Polish police officers check cars near the border to Belarus, that was closed because of a large group of migrants camping in the area on the Belarus side who had tried to illegally push their way into Poland and into the European Union, in Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. EU and Polish officials have accused the longtime leader of Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, of facilitating illegal border crossings in retaliation for sanctions the EU imposed on his government for its brutal crackdown on dissent following Lukashenko’s disputed reelection last year. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Migrant children sit on the ground as other migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) Migrants walk alone the barbed wire as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an “unprecedented” military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) Migrants walk along the barbed wire as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an “unprecedented” military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) A woman holds her child as she sits in a wheelchair as other migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) A child cries on the ground as other migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) A man sits outside a tent as other migrants gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. About 15,000 Polish troops have joined riot police and guards at the border. The Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of an "unprecedented" military buildup there, saying that migration control didn't warrant such a force. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA pool photo via AP) Belarusian servicemen control the situation while migrants get humanitarian aid as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Thousands of people from Middle Eastern nations devastated by conflict have been trying to slip into the European Union. They are using a backdoor that was surreptitiously opened by Belarus a few months ago. (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA pool photo via AP) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) In this handout photo released by State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere stand near near the barbed wire gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus. Thousands of migrants have flocked to Belarus' border with Poland, hoping to get to Western Europe, and many of them are now stranded at the frontier, setting up makeshift camps as Polish security forces watch them from behind a razor-wire fence and prevent them from entering the country. (State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus via AP) In this handout photo released by State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere sit near near the barbed wire gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus. Thousands of migrants have flocked to Belarus' border with Poland, hoping to get to Western Europe, and many of them are now stranded at the frontier, setting up makeshift camps as Polish security forces watch them from behind a razor-wire fence and prevent them from entering the country. (State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus via AP) FILE - Polish police and military police stand behind the border fence as migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. The crisis at the eastern frontiers of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia is fueling calls for the EU to finance the construction of something it never wanted to build: fences and walls at the border. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA via AP) Migrants rest at a tent camp set by migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, late Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. The European Union has accused Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko of encouraging illegal border crossings as a "hybrid attack" to retaliate against EU sanctions on his government for its crackdown on internal dissent after Lukashenko's disputed 2020 reelection. (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA pool photo via AP) Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere warm up at the fire gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. The European Union has accused Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko of encouraging illegal border crossings as a "hybrid attack" to retaliate against EU sanctions on his government for its crackdown on internal dissent after Lukashenko's disputed 2020 reelection. (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA via AP) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, center, speaks during a meeting with the State Secretary of the Security Council Alexander Volfovich, left, and Chairman of the Investigative Committee Dmitry Gora in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (Nikolay Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a meeting with the State Secretary of the Security Council Alexander Volfovich and Chairman of the Investigative Committee Dmitry Gora in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (Nikolay Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Members of Polish activist network Grupa Granica (Border Group), monitoring the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, lift pictures of migrants while they brief the media near Kuznica, Poland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The situation at the border is deteriorating with the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees Celsius. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)