Merkel, Lukashenko talk about border refugee over phone

Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday held another telephone conversation about the problem of migrants at the borders of Belarus with EU countries, reported Xinhua.

According to a Belarus Today report, the politicians agreed that the problem would be brought up to the level of Belarus and the EU, and officials would immediately enter into negotiations to resolve the existing problem. Refugees' wishes to obtain asylum in Germany would be addressed in the same context.

Thousands of refugees, with most of them coming from the Middle East, are trying to enter Poland, Lithuania and other EU countries from Belarus. On Nov. 8, thousands of refugees seeking asylum in Germany camped on the border with Poland.