More than 150 non-governmental organisations are asking the European Commission to intervene to halt the construction of a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border running through protected areas, including one of Europe's last primeval forests.
Poland started building a 186 km metal barrier in January to deter migrants after nearly 40,000 people from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa tried to cross from Belarus last year.
"We oppose the construction of this horrible wall, which will be ineffective in stopping the migration crisis while risking the collapse of protected species such as lynx," said Augustyn Mikos from the Association Workshop for All Beings. The appeal will be handed on Tuesday to a representative of the EU executive in Warsaw together with a letter signed by over 1,500 academics and a petition of the local community opposing the wall.
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