Coverage dated November 11, 2021 to November 18, 2021

Iraqis caught in Belarus-EU border crisis fly home

Headline from The Columbian, on the newest of 2 developments

BAGHDAD — Hundreds of Iraqis returned home Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union — a repatriation that came after tensions at Poland’s eastern border, where

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Iraq to repatriate citizens stuck at border of Belarus and Poland ‘who wish to return’

    Headline from France 24 ·

  2. Newest

    Iraqis caught in Belarus-EU border crisis fly home

    Headline from The Columbian ·

2 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

32 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al-Monitor

    Thousands of Iraqi, Syrian refugees shiver at Belarus-Poland border (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Iraqi Yazidis, Syrian Kurds and others are trapped in miserable conditions on the border, caught in a dispute between Belarus and the European Union.

  2. Breitbart News

    Iraq Says E.U. Border with Belarus Is So Dangerous It Will Repatriate Its Refugees (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The Iraqi Embassy in Minsk announced on Thursday it will organize an evacuation flight for Iraqi citizens “wishing to return” home from Belarus.

  3. France 24

    Iraq to repatriate citizens stuck at border of Belarus and Poland ‘who wish to return’ (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    The Iraqi government said it was organising a repatriation flight this Thursday for its citizens stuck on the Poland-Belarus border on a "voluntary" basis.

  4. Al Jazeera

    ‘No way I’m going back to Iraq’: Iraqi Kurds flee to Belarus (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    As the asylum seeker crisis continues to brew between Belarus and the EU, Iraqi Kurds tell tales of agony and helplessness.

  5. Al-Monitor

    Iraq to repatriate citizens stranded at Belarus border (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    The Iraqi announcement came as the European Union said it would step up sanctions on the Belarusian government and some airlines.

  6. France 24

    Hundreds of migrants arrive back in Iraq on flight from Belarus (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Hundreds of Iraqis returned home Thursday on an Iraqi Airways flight from Belarus, where thousands of migrants have camped on the Polish border for weeks hoping to enter the EU.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Poland-Belarus border: First Iraqis to be repatriated | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, who are caught in limbo between Poland and Belarus have been facing nightmarish conditions at the border.

  8. KOB 4

    Iraq to evacuate migrants stranded at Belarus-Poland border (opens KOB 4)

    Published

    MyNorthwest's feed description

    MOSCOW (AP) -- More than 400 Iraqis sought to fly home from Belarus on Thursday, abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union following more than

  9. Omaha World-Herald

    Iraqi migrants caught in border crisis in Belarus fly home (opens Omaha World-Herald)

    Published

    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis returned home Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union — a repatriation that came after tensions at Poland’s eastern

  10. Los Angeles Times

    Hundreds of Iraqi migrants caught in EU-Belarus border standoff fly home (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Hundreds of Iraqis are flying home from Belarus, abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union after a standoff at the Belarus-Poland border.

  11. Al-Monitor

    Iraqi Kurdistan brings home migrants trapped at Belarus-Poland border (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq said its constituents were lured into emigrating by criminal smugglers.

  12. New York Times

    A plane repatriating migrants from Belarus has landed in Iraq. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Unable to reach the European Union from Belarus, hundreds of Iraqis, mostly ethnic Kurds, agreed to be flown home, but thousands remain in Belarus.

  13. CBS News

    Iraqis lured to Belarus on a false promise died trying to get into Poland. Now hundreds want to go back home. (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Now hundreds, many of whom spent life savings on the ill-fated bid for asylum in Europe, are being flown back to Iraq after weeks stuck in a freezing forest.

  14. Deutsche Welle

    Poland-Belarus border: Repatriated Iraqi migrants arrive home | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, who are caught in limbo between Poland and Belarus have been facing nightmarish conditions at the border.

  15. Tucson

    Iraqi migrants caught in border tensions in Belarus fly home (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis flew home from Belarus on Thursday, abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union following more than a week of tensions at the bloc's

  16. Al Jazeera

    Hundreds of Iraqis repatriated from Belarus amid border crisis (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The boarding gate was busy for the Iraqi government’s charter flight, but many more Iraqis remain in Belarus and Poland.

  17. Newsweek

    Belarus border camp emptied, hundreds of migrants flown back to Iraq (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Belarusian authorities said that as many as 7,000 migrants remain in the country after more than a week of tensions between it, the migrants and Poland.

  18. The Columbian

    Iraqis caught in Belarus-EU border crisis fly home (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    BAGHDAD — Hundreds of Iraqis returned home Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union — a repatriation that came after tensions at Poland’s eastern border, where

  19. Portland Press Herald

    Hundreds of Iraqis fly home from Belarus as border crisis subsides (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    MOSCOW — More than 400 Iraqis were flown home Thursday from Belarus after unsuccessful attempts to enter the European Union at the border with Poland, where thousands of migrants have been stranded in perilous conditions.

  20. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Iraqi migrants sent home from Belarus (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    =Hundreds of Iraqis returned home Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union -- a repatriation that came after tensions at Poland's eastern border, where thousands of migrants became stuck in a cold and soggy forest.

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