EU countries consider border walls as Belarus migrant crisis escalates

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The crisis along Poland’s border with Belarus has escalated over the last few days with thousands of migrants stranded there in near-freezing conditions. Separating the two countries is a barbed-wire fence. The structure was erected by Poland but Polish authorities are planning to build an 18-foot wall along its border. Twelve other European Union countries may soon follow suit and they say the EU should pay for it. Our Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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