Since August, thousands of migrants have been trying to cross the Polish border from Belarus. They have come from Yemen, #Syria, Iraq or the Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to enter the European Union. Poland has accused #Belarusian head of state Alexander #Lukashenko of instrumentalising migrants in a feud with the EU, and has opted to deport them. Turned away from both sides, men, women and children find themselves stranded along the border in the middle of the forest.

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