Polish PM accuses Putin of masterminding Belarus migrant 'attack'

Map showing the border crossing points between Belarus and the three EU countries of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating a wave of migrants trying to illegally enter Poland from Belarus, saying the "attack" threatens to destabilise the European Union.

"This attack which Lukashenko is conducting has its mastermind in Moscow, the mastermind is President Putin," Morawiecki told the Polish parliament.