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Belarusian and Polish forces used brutal violence against asylum seekers and migrants at their shared border, Amnesty International said Monday. This year’s migrant crisis has seen thousands of migrants, mainly from the Middle East, flock to the Belarusian border with Poland to try to enter the European Union. The asylum seekers and migrants were subject to “horrific torture or other ill-treatment, inhumane conditions, extortion and other abuse”, particularly at the hands of Belarusian forces, according to testimonies gathered by the human rights organisation. Many migrants at the border were …