Migration crisis: Iraqi Kurds continue to hit the road

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Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, November 8, 2021. Among the migrants arriving in Belarus, many are Kurds from northern Iraq.

AP - Leonid Shcheglov

Text by: Lucile Wassermann Follow

The migration crisis continues at the gates of Europe.

Thousands of migrants have been trying to enter European Union countries from Belarus since the start of last summer.

Among them, a large part are Kurds from northern Iraq.

They are fleeing the economic crisis that is plaguing the region as well as the authoritarianism of the authorities.

Despite the risks on the road, they remain determined to leave.

Report by RFI's correspondent in Baghdad. 

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