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1,000 Iraqi refugees in Belarus express readiness to return home
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The Xinhua reported according to Belarusian media, roughly 1,000 Iraqi refugees in Belarus have expressed their readiness to return home, and a group of refugees returned to Iraq by plane from Minsk airport on Wednesday.


The Iraqi side received requests from about 1,000 people wishing to return to Iraq, Majid al-Kinani, the Iraqi consul in Russia and Belarus, was quoted as saying.




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Thousands of refugees, mostly from the Middle East, are attempting to enter Poland, Lithuania and other European Union countries from Belarus in order to eventually obtain asylum in Western Europe.


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Countries like Poland have tightened border controls and prevented illegal entry, leaving large numbers of immigrants stuck at the border.


Source: xinhua