...despite the Lithuanians closing down their end of the ratlines through Belarus. [AlAhram] As their beleaguered nation continues to struggle with rising political discontent and an uncertain future, growing numbers of Iraqi refugees have started to arrive in Europe, al-Ahram Weekly reports.
The EU said last week that about 2,700 migrants colonists, most of them from Iraq, have crossed illegally into the Baltic EU member state in recent months and been taken to detention centres.
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Four times a week, an Iraqi Airways Boeing 747 leaves Baghdad Airport for Minsk, the capital of Belarus, with hundreds of Iraqis on board. The passengers are not going to one of Europe’s newfound tourist destinations but are refugees seeking shelter in the Old Continent.
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