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Polish Police Find Body of Young Syrian Near Belarus Border

Poland's security personnel deployed at the border.

Poland's security personnel deployed at the border.

Photographer: Leonid Shcheglov/AFP/Getty Images

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (VANESSA GERA)
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Warsaw, Poland (AP) -- Polish police said Saturday that the body of a young Syrian man was found in the woods near the border with Belarus, the latest victim in a political standoff at the European Union's eastern border.

The regime in Minsk has for months been encouraging illegal migration across its border into the EU nations of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. All three countries are reinforcing their frontiers, seeking to block the newly opened migration route, and the situation is growing more dangerous as winter approaches.