Estonia's foreign ministry is urging citizens not to travel across its eastern border with Russia, saying Tallinn may shutter it entirely in coming days amid a recent migrant influx. The move would follow similar steps recently taken by Finland.
The Estonian government is accusing Russia of orchestrating "a hybrid attack operation" to bring migrants to its border, with the alleged goal of undermining security and unsettling the Baltic state's population. Estonia’s neighbor Finland has made similar allegations.
Poland's Defense Ministry says it will send reinforcements to the country's frontier with Belarus. Warsaw claims Belarusian border guards are behind a renewed rise in illegal crossings.
EU interior ministers meet in Tallinn, Estonia, to discuss possible solutions to the migrant crisis. Meanwhile, Amnesty International criticizes the EU for its restrictive measures, and the UNHCR wants to boost its presence in southern Libya, a migrant transit region on the way to Tripoli and Europe. This and more in today's news roundup.