Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep migrants out

A Polish border guard patrols the area near the new wall (Michal Dyjuk/AP)

A year after migrants started crossing into the European Union from Belarus to Poland, the country’s Prime Minister and top security officials have visited the border area to mark the completion of a new steel wall.

On Friday, Polish authorities will also lift a state of emergency along the border that has blocked journalists, rights workers and others from witnessing a human rights crisis.