Poland seeks state of emergency along border with Belarus

By VANESSA GERA
Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government has asked the president to declare a state of emergency along the border with Belarus as it tries to stop migrants from entering from the neighboring country. President Andrzej Duda said he was analyzing the request but hinted Tuesday that he would grant it. Poland’s interior minister says the state of emergency would limit outsiders in a border area about 3 kilometers wide. Poland has seen more migrants seeking to illegally cross the border in recent weeks, most of them originally from  Iraq and Afghanistan. The Polish government accuses the authoritarian leader of Belarus of pushing them to Poland to create instability in the European Union.