Hold Belarus accountable for bid to ‘destabilise’ EU border, says west

Western delegates on UN security council call for strong reaction' from international community, but make no mention of Russia

The United States and European delegations on the UN security council have urged action over Belarus's behaviour on its border with Poland, describing the migrant crisis as orchestrated" and saying Minsk was endangering migrants for political purposes".

Poland says the government of strongman Alexander Lukashenko has lured about 2,000 migrants, mainly Kurds from the Middle East, to Belarus for the purpose of sending them across the border into Poland and thus the EU in revenge for sanctions.