The migrants were removed from the camp in what appeared to be a major development in a crisis that has spiralled in recent weeks into an East-West confrontation.
The situation marked an escalation in a tense migration and political crisis in which the lives of thousands of migrants are at stake.
The move comes against the backdrop of a politically charged jump in energy prices in Europe and tensions between Moscow and Europe over Belarus and Ukraine.
Belarus’ borders with Poland,Lithuania and Latvia are also the eastern borders of both the EU and NATO.
Countries bordering Belarus have warned the migrant crisis on the European Union’s eastern borders could escalate into a military confrontation.
Belarus has been accused of sending primarily Middle Eastern refugees to the EU’s border in an attempt to destabilise the bloc in retaliation for sanctions.
Evan Neumann “asked uncomfortable questions” following the 2020 US elections,then “lost almost everything and is being persecuted” by the US government.
The Polish government accuses Belarus of encouraging people from the Middle East and Africa to migrate in large numbers into the EU by entering Poland.
Maria Kolesnikova’s jailing was the latest move in a relentless crackdown in the wake of last year’s anti-government protests.
Olga Safronova follows Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya who defected to Poland last month after she said coaches had ordered her to fly home from Olympics.
Poland accuses Alexander Lukashenko,the Belarusian president,of masterminding the crisis to punish it for offering a safe haven for Belarusian dissidents.