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TOPSHOT - A picture taken on November 9, 2021 shows Poland's security personnel behind a barbed wire fence at the Belarusian-Polish border where thousands of migrants gathered aiming to enter EU member Poland. - Poland and Belarus squared off on November 9 over thousands of migrants aiming to enter EU member Poland, with Warsaw saying the wave threatened the security of the entire bloc. Minsk warned against "provocations" on the border, where armed troops from both countries are deployed amid escalating tensions. Trapped between the rhetoric are thousands of people, many escaping war and poverty in the Middle East, trying to survive outdoors in squalid conditions as temperatures dip toward freezing. (Photo by Leonid Shcheglov / BELTA / AFP) / Belarus OUT (KEYSTONE/BELTA/LEONID SHCHEGLOV)