Eastern EU countries urge UN action over Belarus migrant row
25 August 2021 |
9:04 am
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia said Belarus was "using immigrants to destabilize neighboring countries," slamming what they described as a "hybrid attack."
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