Refugees seriously injured on razor-wire fence UK helped build to keep asylum seekers out of EU

Government accused of backing inhumane' policies as 16 people are badly hurt by barrier blocking entry via Poland from Belarus

Refugees and asylum seekers have been seriously injured by a dangerous" razor-wire fence that the UK helped to build to keep asylum seekers out of Europe.

At least 16 people have been gravely hurt, some hospitalised, when recently attempting to reach Europe by crossing a 5.5m-high barrier the British military helped to construct on Poland's border with Belarus.