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Migrants caught in standoff between Belarus and the EU
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August 22, 2021
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3:05Now PlayingAfghan and Iraqi migrants are being caught in the crossfire between the EU and Belarus.
Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to flood the EU with migrants after the bloc imposed sanctions on Minsk due to its crackdown on opposition leaders.
But the EU has caught on, strengthening border defences with Latvia troops patrolling the area to prevent the migrants from entering.
That's left the migrants in no-man's land with nowhere to go.
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