From AFP via Yahoo Finance:
Poland said Saturday that Belarus has changed tactics in their border crisis by directing smaller groups of migrants to several points along the European Union's eastern frontier.
Though there have been signs of the crisis easing, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said he expected the border showdown to be long drawn out while Belarus said the situation remained "tense".
Polish border guards reported new attempted crossings by several groups mostly consisting of dozens of migrants, though also including one crowd of 200 people hurling rocks and using tear gas.
"We have to prepare for the fact that this problem will continue for months. I have no doubt that that will be the case," Blaszczak told RMF FM radio.
"Now a bit of a new method has been taken on by the migrants and Belarusian services... Smaller groups of people are trying to cross the border in many places."
He added that "there is no question that these attacks are directed by Belarusian services."
The West accuses Belarus of artificially creating the crisis by bringing in would-be migrants -- mostly from the Middle East -- and taking them to the border with promises of an easy crossing into the European Union.
Belarus has denied the claim, instead criticising the EU for not taking in the migrants.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told the BBC on Friday that it was "absolutely possible" his forces had helped people cross into the EU but denied orchestrating the operation.
"We're Slavs. We have hearts. Our troops know the migrants are going to Germany... Maybe someone helped them," he said.
"But I didn't invite them here."....
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And from the Belorusian journo we've found to be a pretty straight shooter:
The situation at the Belarusian border has returned to its new default state. In the last 24h 140 migrants tried to get to Lithuania, 350 to Poland and 20 to Latvia. In his BBC interview yesterday, Lukashenko confirmed that his troops help them to cross and he wouldn't stop them. pic.twitter.com/E9YKCrtv7G
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) November 20, 2021
I'm not sure the people trying to get into Latvia should be thankful to the folks transporting them hither and yon. A quick look at the map we used for the Kaliningrad story seems to show Latvia as kind of out of the way, unless someone with a boat can get them to the German Baltic beaches:
