Because of the tense situation on the border with Belarus, Poland wants to close a border crossing to its eastern neighbor.
From Tuesday 7 a.m., border traffic for goods and people at the Kuznica crossing will be stopped, the border guard announced on Monday via Twitter.
Travelers were asked to use the border crossings in Terespol and Bobrowniki.
On Monday, according to Polish authorities, larger groups of migrants on the Belarusian side near Kuznica tried in vain to break through the border. Poland's border guards reported in the evening that the migrants had set up camp there. “We withstood the first wave and wait to see what happens in a while when night falls. We are well prepared, "said a spokesman for the agency of the PAP agency. It is not known what the Belarusian security forces wanted to surprise the Poles with.
The Polish authorities believe that hundreds of people will try to break through the border.
The Polish government spokesman said there are currently 3,000 to 4,000 people near the Polish border.
Over ten thousand migrants in Belarus are hoping to get into the European Union.
Poland accuses the Belarusian leadership of preparing a "great provocation".
In view of the escalation of the refugee dispute with Belarus, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for a new sanction decision by the member states.
"The instrumentalization of migrants for political purposes by Belarus is unacceptable," said von der Leyen on Monday evening in Brussels.
She called on the member states to approve extended sanctions against the Belarusian authorities.
The government in Warsaw and the EU are accusing the Belarusian ruler, Alexandr Lukashenko, of having people flown in from crisis regions in order to smuggle them into the EU.
In response to sanctions against his country, he had declared that he would no longer stop people on their way to a better life in the “cozy West”.
There have already been several migrant deaths in the border region.
The EU states Poland and Lithuania have reported thousands of border crossings in the past few months.
Germany is considered a main destination for migrants.