Poland’s conservative governing party was hoping to make migration a key campaign theme ahead of the country’s national election.... But opposition politicians have seized on the issue, accusing the government of corruption and hypocrisy, given its strong anti-immigrant rhetoric.... Corruption at the highest levels of government, bringing a direct threat to all of us....

Reuters was not immediately able to contact the Belarusian embassy in Warsaw.... The European Commission and Warsaw say the flow of migrants has been orchestrated by Belarus as a form of hybrid warfare designed to put pressure on the EU over sanctions it imposed on Minsk.... Belarus has denied this.( Reporting by Pawel Florkiewicz and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Editing by Catherine Evans)....

The EU has been watching Eastern Europe closely, as dramatic reports have emerged of armed Belarusian officials appearing to escort hundreds of migrants towards Poland.... The senior official in the Lithuanian government who raised the alarm has said the EU needs to respond to the terror threat quickly and to start taking resilience issues “ more seriously.” Poland, which is a member of the EU, has reacted aggressively sending a staggering 12, 000 troops to the border. Videos on social media ha

A video distributed by Polish authorities showed one man cutting part of a barbed wire fence, another attacking the fence with a spade, while a Polish soldier sprayed an unidentified substance from a can.... In an earlier video, shared by the Belarusian blogging service NEXTA, migrants carrying rucksacks and wearing winter clothing were seen walking on the side of a highway.... " Belarus' regime escalates the border crisis – migrants are pushed to EU border by armed men," she tweeted....