Camera Hassan tried to escape through Belarus into Poland.

He describes how the Belarusian police said they would help the family with a place to sleep overnight.

- But the "accommodation" was just that we got some wood to fire with in the forest.

- Four nights we slept there in the woods.

Thousands of people were stranded

Thousands of refugees are believed to be living in the no-man's land between Poland and Belarus.

Films show women, men and children setting up camps next to the barbed wire fences set up by Polish authorities to prevent people from entering the country.

At the same time, there is information that neither journalists nor aid organizations are allowed to enter the area, but are stopped through a blockade zone.

Can request a crisis meeting

Poland, Latvia and Lithuania are now considering asking the military alliance NATO for support in the border conflict with Belarus.

The countries are discussing whether to refer to Article four of the NATO Charter.

It gives NATO countries the right to request a crisis meeting if it considers that the country's political independence, territorial integrity or security is threatened.

In an interview, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says that the criteria for Article four are undoubtedly met.

The EU meets on Monday and is considering tightening sanctions against the regime in Belarus.