Poland border: Turkey blocks Belarus flights to ease migrant crisis - BBC News

Turkish authorities have stopped all citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen from flying from Turkey to Belarus, until further notice.

Turkey's Civil Aviation Authority said it was because of illegal migrant crossings from Belarus into the European Union.

The UN Security Council has accused Belarus of using the migrants to destabilise the EU's eastern border.

The EU is lobbying countries in the Middle East to take similar measures.

Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Europe if new sanctions are imposed.