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Returnees from Belarus claim forced repatriation
[Rudaw] A plane carrying over 400 Iraqi and Kurdish And ...your point is? So far, over 3,000 Aryan Khalil, a returnee, told Rudaw on Friday he was deported by force by Belarussian police. "They brought a bus the day before yesterday and filled it with Every migrant has a different story to tell. They have spent between $5,000 and $30k en route to Europe. "[Making it to Europa  ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...on] this route is by chance. Some have been returned by force while some could make it. We’re the victims of this route," said migrant Hawkar Bahadin at the airport. Many come back to the Kurdistan Region with wounds from police brutality at the border. "They [police] fractured my leg," said Jumaa Mohammed, who said he left the Kurdistan Region in search of a better life. Thousands of Iraqi and Kurdish people traveled to the Belarus-Poland borders in recent months to make it to Europe. The difficult conditions at the border zone caught the attention of international media and leaders. Several Erbil and Baghdad began offering free flights to those who chose to return voluntarily last month. According to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Department of Foreign Relations, more than a thousand Related: Belarus: 2021-12-05 Sulaimani to Dover: The journey of a young Kurdish migrant to the UK Belarus: 2021-12-05 Iraq repatriates 419 citizens from Belarus Belarus: 2021-12-03 EU to make it harder for migrants to enter from Belarus Posted by: Fred 2021-12-12 |
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