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Added on the 19/11/2021 16:07:58 - Copyright : AFP EN
The latest moves are being seen as a sign that Lukashenko is now keen to defuse the crisis the EU and the West accuse him of orchestrating.
374 Iraqi migrants boarded the first repatriation flight that left Minsk on Thursday amid severe border tensions with Poland.
The Belarusian State Border Committee releases new video of a migrant camp near Polish border, as Warsaw says it has seen a surge in attempts to breach its border. Poland accuses Minsk of "state terrorism" by provoking a new migrant crisis in Europe, while Belarus blames the migrant crisis on the European Union and accuses the bloc of rejecting talks. IMAGES
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visits a centre for the hundreds of migrants that remain in Belarus after attempting to cross into the EU via the Polish border. Thousands of migrants -- mainly Iraqi Kurds -- have spent months trying to get into the European Union from Belarus. The crisis escalated earlier this month with around 2,000 setting up a makeshift camp on the border in freezing conditions. IMAGES
There were 267 attempts to cross the border fence from Belarus on Tuesday.