By Joanna Plucinska and Kacper Pempel Near SIEMIANOWKA, Poland (Reuters) - Somali migrant Abdi Fitah s bid to cross into Poland from Belarus ended with him barefoot and freezing after he lost his shoes in a river and wandered for days in the woods along the border. The 23-year-old is one of thousands of people, including children, from the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan who have tried to enter Poland from Belarus in recent weeks, with charities saying they face harrowing conditions on the border. Jakub Sieczko, a medical doctor and coordinator of the Medycy na Granicy (Medics on the Border) aid group, said he feared there would be more deaths as temperatures drop. There are more and more people who are hungry and dehydrated.The conditions are getting worse, Sieczko told Reuters, adding that many migrants are from warm countries and unprepared for the cold. Ibrahim, who said he left Somalia 15 days ago, thought he was having a heart attack while walking through the woods with a gro
Somali migrant Abdi Fitah's bid to cross into Poland from Belarus ended with him barefoot and freezing after he lost his shoes in a river and wandered for days in the woods along the border.
Near SIEMIANOWKA, Poland (Reuters) - Somali migrant Abdi Fitah's bid to cross into Poland from Belarus ended with him barefoot and freezing after he lost his shoes in a river and wandered for days in the woods along the border.