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Iraq to send emergency flight to evacuate stranded Iraqi migrants in Belar
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi authorities on Saturday decided to send emergency flights to evacuate stranded Iraqi migrants who want to return voluntarily from Belarus to Iraq.
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Polish police say about 50 migrants broke into polish territory from Belar
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): About 50 people stormed their way over to the Polish side of the border with Belarus a day earlier, with 22 of them detained, the police of the Podlaska voivodship said Sunday.
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Iraq to send emergency flight to evacuate its stranded national in Belarus
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi authorities on Saturday decided to send emergency flights to evacuate stranded Iraqi migrants who want to return voluntarily from Belarus to Iraq.
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Polish border guards say migrants fired tear gas at them allegedly provide
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Polish border guards said on Saturday that migrants fired tear gas against them, which the refugees allegedly had received from the Belarusian security forces.
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Belarus-Poland crisis: UN urges all parties to respect human rights
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties to respect human rights and refrain from using them for political ends.
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New migrants arrive daily at makeshift refugee camp at Belarusian-Polish b
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A makeshift refugee camp on the Belarusian-Polish border daily receives new groups of migrants, Anton Bychkovsky, a spokesman for the State Border Committee of Belarus, told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Iraq suspends direct flights with Belarus over migrant crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced the suspension of direct flights to Belarus to protect Iraqi migrants from human trafficking gangs.
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France urges Russia to use ties with Minsk to resolve migrants border cris
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence Parly urged their Russian counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting in Paris to use their close ties with Minsk to resolve the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish
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Belarus' military tried to expel 35 illegal immigrants into Poland by forc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian military tried to expel several dozen illegal migrants, mostly women and children, into the territory of Poland, Tomasz Krupa, a spokesman for Poland's Podlaskie Voivodeship police, said on Friday.
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Belarus Red Cross says staff to go to Polish border Friday to deliver aid
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Employees of the Belarusian Red Cross Society plan to go to the border with Poland on November 12 to provide further humanitarian aid to migrants who have been camping there since early this week, Dmitry Shevtsov, the head of the organization's mis
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EU will expand sanctions against Belarus, says German foreign minister
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union will expand sanctions on Belarus and individuals and companies involved in transporting illegal migrants there, including sectoral sanctions, Acting Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday.
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Germany ready to provide humanitarian aid to migrants at Belarusian-Polish
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany is ready to provide humanitarian support to migrants stranded at the Belarusian-Polish border, German interior ministry spokesman Steve Alter said on Wednesday.
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