Tag: Middle East and Africa Migrant Crisis

Iraqis Return From Belarus, but Some Say They Will Try Again to Reach the E.U.

ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq repatriated a second wave of more than 600…

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Undeterred by Channel’s Perils, Desperate Migrants Still Plan to Cross

CALAIS, France — The lights on the opposite side of the English…

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Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners

RUKLA, Lithuania — The emigrants hitchhiked overnight to the Dysna River, the…

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How Fake News on Facebook Helped Fuel a Border Crisis in Europe

BRUZGI, Belarus — After more than a week sleeping in a frigid…

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Who Does Afghanistan’s Soccer Team Represent Now?

BELEK, Turkey — Anoush Dastgir may be the hardest-working man in soccer,…

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Melee Erupts Between Migrants in Belarus and Polish Border Forces

BRUZGI, Belarus — He has spent 28 nights, each colder than the…

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Europe Adopts New Sanctions Against Belarus

SOKOLKA, Poland — A few miles from here, in the small Polish…

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