Lithuania has accused 12 Belarusian officers in riot gear of illegally entering its territory to push a group of migrants over the border. Lithuania’s border service said the Belarusians were repeatedly told they had violated the border during the tense incident on Tuesday. But Belarus disputed this and accused Lithuanian guards of violence towards migrants. EU ministers will meet later to discuss a recent migrant influx from Belarus.

More than 4,100 mostly Iraqi migrants have entered EU member Lithuania illegally from neighbouring Belarus so far this year. The rise in illegal crossings started in June after the EU imposed sanctions on long-time Belarusian President President Alexander Lukashenko.(BBC)…[+]