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"We agreed that if the Poles needed any help, the other three countries would be ready to help them immediately," Szijjarto wrote on Facebook. Igor Kovalenko/PAP/EPA

The Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday that the Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Group countries (V4) agreed that they are ready to help Poland if it needs it in the face of migratory pressure on the Polish-Belarusian border.

The minister said that an extraordinary meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the V4 countries was held during the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, and that "the topic was, of course, the migratory pressure on Poland".

"We agreed that if the Poles needed any help, the other three countries would be ready to help them immediately," Szijjarto wrote on Facebook.

"First of all, we thanked the Poles and expressed recognition that they are heroically defending the external borders of the EU, and therefore also us," Szijjarto added.

He recalled that in 2015 Hungary came under similar pressure. "At that time, we could count on the help of the V4; it is natural that it is the same in the case of Poles," he said.

The Visegrad Group (V4) is an informal regional format of cooperation between the four Central European countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.

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Head of the Ukrainian Presidents Office Andriy Yermak and Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance of Canada Chrystia Freeland have discussed the development of the security situation in eastern Ukraine.

A phone conversation between the two officials took place on Friday evening, November 12, Ukrinform reports, referring to the presidents press service.

"We are grateful for the consolidated support of the world community and Canada. We feel it," said the Head of the President's Office.

Yermak stressed the importance of Canada's assistance in realizing Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and expressed gratitude for Canada's unwavering support for Ukraines independence and territorial integrity.

In addition, the parties discussed the difficult situation arising from the migrant crisis on the European-Belarusian border.

Freeland also praised the efforts of the President of Ukraine in the fight against the oligarchic system, in particular the adoption of the law on de-oligarchization.

The interlocutors separately discussed ways to further develop cooperation within the Crimea Platform.

Yermak also informed Freeland about the results of his recent visit to the United States.

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Thousands of people marched in Warsaw for an annual Independence Day march that right-wing organizers said was for"protectors of the border" as Poland faces a migrant crisis at its border with Belarus.

The event, which has a history of violent incidents, was banned by a court, but that decision was challenged by Poland's nationalist administration, Reuters reported.

As thousands of migrantsattempt to enter theEuropean Union (EU) through Poland's eastern borderwith Belarus, someaccusePoland's Law and Justice government of offering support tothe far-right and perpetuating anti-migrant narratives.

People at the marchcarried Polish and nationalist flags and chanted sayings like "Viva, viva border guard" and "God, Honor, Homeland," according to Reuters.

A government spokespersondid not commenton whether the majority partyendorsed the march, redirecting inquiries to theveterans' agency that formally approved the event, the news service added.

Earlier this week, Russia blamed the EU for the alleged migrant crisis at Poland's border.

During a joint news conference with the Belarusian foreign minister,Russias Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrovsaid he hoped Europeans would not allow themselves to be drawn into a spiral that is fairly dangerous."

Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei added at the conference that bothBelarus and Russia have offered support to one another due to unfriendly activity against our countries."

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Poland should have a new legal regulation regarding the situation at its border where there has been a surge in numbers of migrants crossing into the country from Belarus, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, has said.

Poland has for months been struggling to stem a flow of Middle Eastern and African migrants invited to Belarus by the country's strongman president, Alexander Lukashenko, allegedly under the promise they will be able to live in the EU.

On September 2, Poland declared a state of emergency along its border with Belarus in order to deal with the migratory pressure.

In a Saturday interview with private radio station RMF FM, Kaczynski was asked whether Poland had not reacted too late to the migration crisis, having previously known that Lithuania had similar problems.

The ruling party leader said that the matter had been known long before the introduction of the state of emergency in the border zone, and the government had made all the necessary decisions "many months ago."

Asked what will happen when the state of emergency, introduced for a total of 90 days, ceases to apply, Kaczynski said he believes that although it can be resumed this is not a good solution.

"I believe that it is better to create a law that meets the real needs. We need a new legal regulation. We have a certain crisis, which may last a long time, so it needs to be properly regulated," he said.

Kaczynski also said that Poland plans solutions for the radical strengthening of its army.

"We must strengthen the military. Soon, such a project will be presented to the Sejm (lower house - PAP) and later to the Senate. I am talking about a radical strengthening of the whole army. This means a very far-reaching change," he said, adding that it regards both armaments and the size of the army.

Referring to suggestions that the border should be sealed while maintaining humanitarian rules, for example by creating humanitarian corridors for migrants, Kaczynski said: "I think we'll keep humanity best if we make Lukashenko, who has problems with humanity, fail."

"We have to defend ourselves, and we keep humanity. Those who suggest otherwise are either very naive or cynical," he said.

Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have accused the Lukashenko government of bringing migrants and then pushing them across the EU border in an effort to destabilise the bloc in retaliation for sanctions that Brussels has imposed on Minsk.

On Thursday, the Sejm voted through an act enabling the construction of a wall along the Polish-Belarusian border to stop migrants trying to enter.

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It comes as human rights groups Amnesty International and Lighthouse Reports released new evidence of systematic unlawful pushbacks and violence against migrants on the bloc's borders as EU politicians scramble to bring the migrant crisis under control.

Footage circulatedby Lighthouse Reports shows horrific beatings by border guards in Croatia, Greece and Lithuania, the blocs frontiers with the rest of the world.

In one video a border guard beats migrants with what appears to be a large baton as they run to avoid being struck.

While another older video shows the moment the Greek coastguard attempt to attack an inflatable migrant boat with a long pole.

Migrants can be heard screaming in desperation for the guards to stop .

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Reporting for RT news, Europe correspondent Charlotte Dubenskij said: The EU is having to hang its head in shame over the way its border forces are treating migrants just trying to cross into the bloc.

This is no longer just about fortress Europe and the extensive fence building and surveillance systems that are being put in place on its eastern borders.

She said how instead more concerning incidents have emerged from across the bloc which throw the EU into another crisis of its reputation.

It comes as three Croatian border officers have been suspended for violence towards migrants after they were filmed violently pushing back migrants at the border.

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Despite the chaos on the borders, Lithuanian interior minister Agn Bilotait was defiant in her countrys response.

She slammed: We have taken decisions in our national law that one can only enter Lithuania through a legal way. That is through a border checkpoint or by filing their request with out embassy.

Dunja Mijato, Council of Europes commissioner for human rights said in a tweet that it was high time the Council of Europe investigate effectively, take action and hold each other to account" over the horrific scenes.

The roots of the migrant crisis in Europe stem from the fallout of various conflicts in the Middle East and north Africa as well as economic migrants searching for better lives in Europe.

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