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Pictures of the Belarusian state television: The recordings show how hundreds of refugees pass a cordon on the Belarusian-Polish border on Monday morning.
According to Polish authorities, they were deliberately brought to the Kuznica border crossing by Belarusian security forces.
Shortly before the Polish state territory, the Poles seal off the road - people can't get any further today and have to endure in the cold.
Meanwhile, in a TV interview on the state broadcaster Belta, the Belarusian dictator acted as if he had nothing to do with the fate of the stranded.
Alexander Lukashenko, President Belarus
“We are ready - as we always have been - to take those who no longer want to stay home by air, including Belavia machines. But I have to say that these people are very stubborn and nobody wants to go back. But that's understandable. You have nowhere to go. "
Cynical words that make it clear that Lukashenko is obviously not interested in easing the situation.
Instead, he continues to use the plight of the people as a weapon against the EU: On Sunday, more police and security forces turned up at the border.
It is becoming more and more common that they are forcing the refugees towards Poland by force.
The German Foreign Minister Maas has meanwhile announced further EU measures.
Heiko Maas, Foreign Minister
“Lukashenko demands that we remove all sanctions. We will give our answer today: we will tighten our sanctions. Tightening against individuals who are employed in these human smugglers. We will also have to talk about the fact that tough economic sanctions are unavoidable and we will endeavor with the countries of origin to ensure that people there are not accepted into the planes. "
The EU accuses Lukashenko of intentionally smuggling refugees into the EU in order to retaliate for earlier sanctions decisions.
Heiko Maas, Foreign Minister
"Nothing at all has changed in the way we deal with our own population and that is why there is absolutely no reason to back down from the sanctions that we have imposed, on the contrary, we are still a long way from reaching the end of the spiral of sanctions."
The migrants at the border fence are increasingly desperate.
Human rights organizations like Doctors Without Borders are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe with dozens of deaths.