Lithuania has started building the first stretches of a steel wall on its border with Belarus since migrants from the Middle East and other areas began entering this year.

The European Union has accused Belarus of deliberately encouraging the migrants to enter EU states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia via Belarusian territory as a way of putting pressure on the bloc.

Belarus has repeatedly denied this but its president, Alexander Lukashenko, has said his country would no longer stop the migrants since EU sanctions drain resources.

Poland has also announced plans to build a long steel fence on the border with Belarus.

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