The European Union will step up sanctions against Belarus and those closest to its leader in response to an escalating migrant crisis at its border with Poland, officials say.
EU officials say sanctions could target anyone involved in trafficking migrants through Belarus.
The EU has accused Belarus of pushing migrants towards its eastern borders to undermine security, a charge it denies.
Today, hundreds of migrants were blocked at a crossing by Polish troops.
A video filmed at the border showed migrants sitting down on a road in front of barbed wire and Polish forces in a tense stand-off.
Those migrants came from a large make-shift camp, where hundreds have settled in tents just inside
Belarus. They are trapped between Polish guards on one side and Belarusian guards on the other.
