WARSAW, Poland — The body of a migrant believed to be from Nigeria was found in a forest near Poland’s border with Belarus, Polish police said Wednesday, the latest death resulting in a standoff at the European Union’s eastern border.
The death was reported a day after a humanitarian group said it believed that a 4-year-old Iraqi girl has gone missing in subfreezing temperatures on the Polish side of the border with Belarus.
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