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13:37 : Along the eastern border of the European Union, they are officially 3 to 4,000 migrants, but undoubtedly more. In front of the barbed wire that separates Belarus from Poland, migrant camps are occupied mainly by Kurds from the Middle East.
13:31 : Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accuses Belarus of “state terrorism”.
1:00 p.m. : Before going to lunch, a little point on the news:
• Russia rejects the accusations of the Polish Prime Minister, who accuses Moscow of being the sponsor of the migration crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus.
The man taken into police custody Monday evening after the disappearance of the 17-year-old jogger in Mayenne, found alive, was exonerated, announced the Laval prosecutor.
• The first draft resolution of COP26 encourages countries to revise upwards their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2022, ie three years before the date provided for in the Paris agreement.
• The health pass for people over 65 will be deactivated, in the absence of a booster dose, “6 months and 5 weeks” after the previous injection, from December 15, said government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
• François Hollande is expected at the trial of the November 13 attacks, where he was cited as a witness by an association of victims. You can follow his testimony in our direct.
13:17 : Angela Merkel asked Russian President Vladimir Putin “to act” versus “the instrumentalization of migrants by the Belarusian regime”.
1:01 p.m. : Belarus accuses the West of orchestrating the current migration crisis on the Polish border. Belarusian foreign minister Vladimir Makei said he hoped for a “reinforced work” with Russia, its main ally, in particular “a common reaction” face “to unfriendly acts” targeting his country.
13:17 : #Belarus How are migrants arriving at the border? Here’s the video showing a taxi and a large group of migrants around. The video was published by propaganda journalists who are allowed in the area. There were reports earlier that migrants took taxis from Minsk where they land https://t.co/ikxdKOn9im
1:02 p.m. : A journalist from Minsk posted a video on Twitter about how migrants are taken by taxi from Belarus to the border with Poland.
1:02 p.m. : Poland announces that it has launched a crackdown against the migrants massed at the border with Belarus, and has made more than fifty arrests. “In the past 24 hours, police have detained more than 50 people near Bialowieza after they crossed the border illegally.”, said the spokesperson for the regional police.
1:02 p.m. : More than 50 migrants have been arrested near the border with Belarus, Polish police say.
1:18 p.m. : ?Przypominamy: 2 / 2odprowadza się ją do linii granicy. @Straz_Graniczna dziękuję @MON_GOV_PL, @PolskaPolicja za wspólną służbę. Dzięki Wam mamy kolejny spokojny poranek. https://t.co/TxqSZnKCxh
1:18 p.m. : Images, published by Minsk, show several tents near the chain-link border, lit by log fires. Three men with bloody hands or faces are seen in a video. On Twitter, Polish security forces claim “protect the border”.
1:18 p.m. : Belarusian authorities accuse Poland of assaulting four migrants on the border between the two countries. “Considering the numerous wounds on the bodies of the migrants, the Polish security forces treated them brutally and chased them over the barbed wire fence on the border with Belarus”, said the Belarusian border guard service.
1:18 p.m. : Belarusian border guards accuse Polish forces of using tear gas and exercising “psychological pressure” on migrants in “turning on speakers, spotlights and strobe lights all night long.”
1:18 p.m. : Thousands of migrants arriving on Belarusian visas in the hope of reaching the European Union are massed at the Polish border. Access to the site is blocked to journalists, but images released by authorities in both countries show hundreds of men, women and children in tents or on the ground, trying to warm themselves around fires by temperatures close to zero. Our journalist Fabien Magnenou went there and tells us how these people are trapped, unable to enter Poland or turn back.
(Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
1:18 p.m. : “We will sanction all those who participate in the targeted smuggling of migrants.”
Germany supports new European Union sanctions against Belarus. German Foreign Minister accuses President Alexander Lukashenko in particular of exploiting “unscrupulous” migrants by sending them to the border with Poland.
13:19 : We start by taking stock of the news:
• Faced with the epidemic rebound, Emmanuel Macron has stepped up the pressure on people over 65 to have a booster shot injected, on pain of losing their health pass. Here is what to remember from his speech.
Wearing a mask will become compulsory again in primary school throughout France from Monday, franceinfo learned from the Ministry of National Education.
• The Polish prime minister accused the Russian president of being the “sponsor” migrants trying to enter Poland from Belarus, warning that the attack “hybrid” risked destabilizing the European Union.
The PSG women’s team won their shock against Real Madrid 4-0, on Matchday 3 of the Champions League, at the Parc des Princes.
• Twenty-four hours after her disappearance in Mayenne, the 17-year-old jogger was found alive in Sablé-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe), announced Laval prosecutor Céline Maigné.