Over the years we've seen similar stories* with various groups and wondered if they had some on-the-ground intelligence that we should have.
From The Moscow Times, November 11:
Iraq Says Will Evacuate its Citizens From Belarus
Iraq has announced evacuation plans for its citizens stranded in Belarus on Thursday amid mounting calls to address the migrants' plight.
Hundreds of migrants, mainly from the Middle East, have gathered on the border this week in hopes of crossing into European Union member Poland and claiming asylum. Belarus says some 2,000 people are living at the camp on the border, sheltering in tents and burning wood from local forests to keep warm and blocked by Polish guards behind a razor-wire fence.
In a statement on its website, the Iraqi Embassy in Minsk said it will organize an evacuation flight for citizens "wishing to return" from Belarus, posting a WhatsApp number and email for Iraqi nationals to contact to add themselves to the evacuation list.
Kurdish representatives in Moscow told the Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency that they were also in talks with Baghdad to send an evacuation plane to Minsk....
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- Migrants are facing dire conditions: Charities say people stuck in the border area are battling freezing weather and lack food and medical attention, with reports of beatings and grueling conditions continuing to emerge. Polish authorities said seven migrants have been found dead on Poland's side of the border, with reports of more deaths in Belarus.
- Poland's government is ramping up its nationalist rhetoric:....
*Some similar stories from the archive:
LONDON (Reuters) – British asset manager M&G Investments, the fund arm of insurer Prudential, is looking at relocating more of its operations to Dublin in the wake of a British vote to leave the European Union....MORE
And from The Waterford Whispers News, on the spot reportage:
THE IRISH coast guard has today issued a nationwide warning for the East Coast as hundreds of thousands of British refugees risk their lives to cross the Irish sea in an attempt to flee the impoverished and unstable nation.
Dinghies overflowing with desperate migrants are so far half way through their journey, many with women and children aboard, wishing to make a new start on the Emerald Isle.
“We have rescued hundreds of people from crafts due to overcrowding,” winchman Derek Ryan of Rescue 117 told WWN today. “It’s a terrible situation as many of these people are only hoping for a better quality of life in the EU”.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called an emergency meeting in the Dáil this afternoon to help find a solution to the influx of British refugees.
It is expected many of those landing on the Irish coast will have to be quarantined, as they are not a part of the European Union....MORE
August 2016
Refugees Fleeing Europe In Search Of A Better Life In Syria, Turkey
January 2009
"How Bad is It? Immigrants Leaving Great Britain, U.S.":
...Which may explain this headline from the Daily Mail last week:
'We're fed up with the cold weather and the NHS,' say asylum seekers trying to break OUT of Britain
