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Iraqi flight returning migrants takes off from Belarus capital Minsk

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Migrants stay in the transport and logistics centre Bruzgi on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus November 18, 2021. Maxim Guchek/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.
Migrants stay in the transport and logistics centre Bruzgi on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus November 18, 2021. (Reuters)

Iraqi flight returning migrants takes off from Belarus capital Minsk

AFP, Moscow

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An Iraqi Airways flight from Belarus, where thousands of migrants have camped on the Polish border for weeks, has taken off from the capital Minsk, according to the airport’s departures board.

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The flight traveling to Baghdad is carrying 431 people, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.

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G7 nations condemn Belarus over ‘aggressive’ migration policies

US says preparing new Belarus sanctions over ‘inhumane’ border crisis

Belavia stops flying some Middle East nationals to Belarus from Uzbekistan: Belta

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