Poland reports fewer attempts to cross its border with Belarus

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WARSAW (Reuters) – The number of migrants trying to force their way into Poland from Belarus fell again on Friday after an apparent change in tack by Minsk that could help calm a crisis that has mushroomed into a major East-West confrontation. The Polish Border Guard said on Twitter that there were 195 attempts to cross the frontier on Friday, down from 250 on Thursday and 501 the day before, though Warsaw warned that the migrant crisis was far from over. Europe accuses Belarus of flying in thousands of people from the Middle East and pushing them to cross into the EU, which has been at odds w…

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