NS Iraq Brought home 370 of its citizens stranded at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border trying to enter the EU.
Foreign Office spokesman Ahmed al-Sahf said on Wednesday BaghdadOn Tuesday, a special flight brought 240 Iraqis from Minsk to Baghdad. A day earlier, 130 Iraqi citizens had returned to their homeland. More should follow.
In the last few months, more migrants were after Belarus I flew there The European Union to get. EU accuses officials in Minsk of throwing refugees over the border Lithuania And Latvia and encouraging illegal entry into the European Union.
According to the EU, the Belarusian ruler is playing an important role Alexander Lukashenko migrants to counter Western sanctions against their country.
According to EU data, more than 4,000 migrants have been registered since the beginning of the year who entered the border from Belarus to Lithuania “irregularly”. About 2,800 people came from Iraq. Throughout 2020, only 81 illegally entering migrants were registered at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
Given the local situation, Lithuania began to turn away the refugees or bring them back to the border a few days ago. For its part, the government in Baghdad suspended all flights to Belarus. Since then, the number of illegal entry into Lithuania has declined sharply.
