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Belarus border camp cleared as Iraqis fly home from migrant stand-off

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A makeshift migrant camp on Belarus' border with Poland has been cleared as hundreds of Iraqis who failed to make the crossing to enter the European Union returned home. Hope for de-escalating the crisis, which has seen thousands camping in desperate conditions on the border for weeks, has been mounting in recent days, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko twice by phone.

Added on the 19/11/2021 16:07:58 - Copyright : AFP EN

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