Refugees denied entry to Poland ‘surviving on grass and leaves’ at Belarus border

Polish lawyers have banded together to represent a group of Afghan migrants facing horrific conditions while stranded on the country’s border with Belarus.

Belarus stands accused of pushing migrants and refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East, including Afghans, towards its borders with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia over recent weeks.

With increasing numbers seeing the route as a gateway to the EU, concerns are mounting about the humanitarian situation facing those trying to enter the bloc from the east, who have been stranded in strips of no-man’s land for weeks on end.