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Two COVID-19 cases registered at migrant camp on Polish-Belarusian border
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Two coronavirus cases have been confirmed among migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border, Governor of the Belarusian Grodno Region, Vladimir Karanik, said.
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Iraqi airways' another flight with migrants leaves Minsk for Erbil
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Another plane of the Iraqi Airways airline with Iraqi migrants on board has left the airport of Minsk for the city of Erbil, the administrative center of Iraqi Kurdistan, the airport said on Saturday.
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Drowning of 27 migrants in English Channel worst disaster on record: IOM
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 25 (ANI): Urgent action is needed to avoid a repeat of tragedies like this week's drowning of at least 27 people in the English Channel, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
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Over 1,000 migrants expressed desire to return from Belarus to Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): More than a thousand migrants have expressed a desire to return from Belarus to Iraq, the Iraqi consul in Russia and Belarus, Majid Kinani, told Sputnik.
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Refugee council urges UK to change approach on migrants after 27 people dr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Refugee Council campaign group urged the UK government on Thursday to change its approach and provide safe routes for migrants after at least 27 people drowned in the English Channel while trying to reach the UK from France on a rubber boat.
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27 migrants drown, others missing after boat capsizes in English Channel
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 25 (ANI): At least 27 migrants drowned on Wednesday in the English Channel after a boat capsized off the coast of Calais, northern France.
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Johnson, Macron agree to step up efforts to prevent migrants' crossings
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 25 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to prevent deadly crossings of the English Channel by migrants following the Wednesday fatal shipwreck in the Strait of Dover, the Office of the UK Prime Minister said.
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UN Assistant Secretary-General says border walls not solving migration cri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Erecting walls to restrict the flow of migrants from Belarus will not solve the border crisis, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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European commission vows to create tools to combat use of people for polit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission said on Tuesday it proposed to create a legal framework in the EU to counter the use of migrants for political purposes.
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Second flight to return migrants from Belarus to their countries planned i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus is preparing another flight to transport migrants back to their countries of origin in late November, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday.
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Poland might close borders with Belarus over migrants
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland does not rule out the possibility of closing the borders with Belarus over the migration crisis, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Sunday.
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302 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UN refugee agency
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 302 illegal migrants have been rescued at sea and returned to Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday.
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