Poland turns water cannon on migrants, crisis stokes East-West tension

Belarusian service members stand guard as migrants walk towards the transport and logistics centre Bruzgi on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus November 16, 2021. Maxim Guchek/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS

BRUSSELS/WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish security forces fired water cannon at rock-throwing migrants on the border with Belarus on Tuesday, and NATO reiterated its support for Warsaw in a crisis that has left thousands stranded on the frontier in icy temperatures.

Video footage released by Polish authorities showed migrants also throwing bottles and logs across a barbed-wire border fence, and using sticks to try to break through.