People fleeing the Middle East are taking a new route to reach Europe via the small Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, according to research by German journalists. Armed with visas from Moscow, the migrants are putting their lives at risk to make the difficult journey.
The Polish government has announced that it will lift the state of emergency imposed along its border with Belarus on July 1. This comes as Polish authorities finish the construction of a new wall between the two countries aimed at stopping migrants crossing.
The European Union is ready to impose punishing sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told Bloomberg Television.
As the world awaits confirmation that Russia is indeed withdrawing troops from near Ukraine’s border as it claims, a Russian diplomat at the U.N. said he predicted weeks ago that the U.S. would try to take credit for pressuring Moscow to withdraw troops.