The EU has tried to stem the flow of migrants, persuading Iraqi Airways to cancel flights to Belarus
another one. On November 8th at the Kuznica-Bruzhi border crossing, which straddles Poland and Belarus, several thousand migrants, mainly from the Middle East, lined up against police in riot gear behind a recently constructed razor-wire fence. A crowd of young men chanted the word “Germany” and tried to enter EU territory. Babies bawled on Belarusian state television. The scenes look a lot like 2015.
This summer Belarus began experimenting with a novel geopolitical tactic: importing would-be migrants from the Middle East, dumping them at the EU’s borders and urging them to cross. In August Iraqi Airways announced several direct flights from Iraqi cities to Minsk, the Belarusian capital. Migrants, promised a new life in the EU on social media, sought Belarusian visas from local consulates.
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