Belarus denies doing so. Lithuania has reported a surge in illegal border crossings from Belarus and accused Minsk of flying in migrants from abroad and sending them across the border.... There was no incident on the border this night, no use of power," said a spokeswoman for the Lithuanian Interior ministry.... Lithuania has authorised its border guards to use force if necessary to turn migrants away....

Lithuania has told its border staff to use force if necessary to turn away migrants coming into the country from Belarus. Hundreds arrived on Sunday, breaking the daily record.... “ It can not be ruled out that( border guard) officers will face aggression ” from migrants, Abramavicius said, adding the measures were necessary as crossing state border in such a way is an illegal action.... EU funding is not usually permitted to finance the building of border barriers.“ We will eventually build i

WARSAW, Poland( AP)--Hundreds if not thousands of migrants sought to storm the border from Belarus into Poland on Monday, cutting razor wire fences and using branches to try and climb over them.... The siege escalated a crisis along the European Union's eastern border that has been simmering for months.... The Defense Ministry posted a video showing an armed Polish officer using a chemical spray through a fence at men who were trying to cut the razor wire....