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Added on the 11/11/2021 12:04:41 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
State border committee of Belarus releases drone images of migrants camp and Polish armed forces stationed on the other side of the barbed wire fence, and on the Polish side of the border. Hundreds of migrants, mainly Kurds, have been stuck for days on the Belarusian-Polish border in near-freezing temperatures. Aid groups warn of a humanitarian disaster. IMAGES
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visits a centre for the hundreds of migrants that remain in Belarus after attempting to cross into the EU via the Polish border. Thousands of migrants -- mainly Iraqi Kurds -- have spent months trying to get into the European Union from Belarus. The crisis escalated earlier this month with around 2,000 setting up a makeshift camp on the border in freezing conditions. IMAGES
A Yemeni migrant who died in Poland in September is laid to rest in the eastern village of Bohoniki, close to the border with Belarus. IMAGES
A makeshift migrant camp looks nearly empty in Mexico's Matamoros, at the border with Brownsville, Texas, where Democrat US President Joe Biden is expected to meet border patrol and other law enforcement agents. Also heading to the border is Republican former president Donald Trump, who will be about 300 miles (480 kilometers) to the west in Eagle Pass. The Texas showdown comes at a time when record numbers of migrant crossings into the United States are posing a threat to Biden's chances of preventing a Trump comeback in November's presidential election. IMAGES
Thousands of displaced Ukrainians camp at the Polish border of Korczowa - Krakovets, waiting to cross into Poland. Fighting has claimed dozens of civilian lives and could, according to the EU, displace up to seven million people. Ukraine vows not to give ground at talks with Moscow as Ukrainian forces resist a Russian invasion four days in and Moscow puts its nuclear forces on high alert. IMAGES