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Hungary's PM Viktor Orban (right) already built a border fence in 2015 - for which he was criticised at the time (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

Polish-Belarus asylum-seeker border standoff continues

The standoff at the border between Poland and Belarus continues for a group of around 30 asylum seekers who have been stuck between the two countries for almost three weeks with no shelter or access to regular food supplies.

The group - which rights groups say includes Afghans and Iraqis - are prevented from entering Poland, while they are not being allowed back to Belarus. They have been stuck in no man's land along the border near the Polish village of Usnarz Górny.

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Hungary's PM Viktor Orban (right) already built a border fence in 2015 - for which he was criticised at the time (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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