Number of refugees trying to force their way into Poland from Belarus fall after an apparent change in tack by Minsk that could help calm the ongoing border crisis
There were 195 attempts to cross the frontier on Friday, down from 250 on Thursday and 501 the day before, the Polish Border Guard said.
The Polish Border Guard said on Saturday that there were 195 attempts to cross the frontier on Friday, down from 250 on Thursday and 501 the day before."Yesterday ... there were several attempts to forcefully cross the border. The largest group consisted of about 200 foreigners, the others of 10s of people. The foreigners were aggressive - they threw stones, firecrackers and used teargas," the Border Guard said on Twitter.
Despite the fall in the number of attempts to cross the border, Polish officials said they expected further tensions.
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