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November 16, 2021

Polish Border Guards Fire Tear Gas and Water Cannons at Asylum-Seekers 
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In eastern Poland, border guards fired tear gas and water cannons
Tuesday at hundreds of asylum-seekers who tried to push their way
through a razor wire barrier erected along the Poland-Belarus border.
Some of the refugees responded by throwing sticks, stones, and bottles
at soldiers in riot gear. Many of the migrants have spent weeks enduring
freezing temperatures in squalid camps hoping to reach the European
Union to apply for asylum.

On Monday, the E.U. threatened new sanctions against Belarus, accusing
it of encouraging migrants to cross into Poland in retaliation for
earlier sanctions imposed after Belarus cracked down on pro-democracy
protests.


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