Poland Turns Water Cannon on Migrants At Belarus Border

Poland Turns Water Cannon on Migrants At Belarus Border
Polish soldiers and police watch migrants at the Poland-Belarus border near Kuznica, Poland, in this photograph released by the Territorial Defence Forces on Nov. 12, 2021. Irek Dorozanski/DWOT/Handout via Reuters
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BRUSSELS/WARSAW—Polish security forces fired water cannon at rock-throwing migrants on the border with Belarus on Nov. 16, and NATO reiterated its support for Warsaw in a crisis that has left thousands stranded on the frontier in icy temperatures.

Video footage released by Polish authorities showed migrants also throwing bottles and logs across a barbed-wire border fence, and using sticks to try to break through.