Syrians say Belarus deported them even though they’re wanted by Assad’s regime

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/24/1066806101/belarus-poland-border-deported-syria-migrants

After engineering a migrant crisis at the borders of the EU, Belarus is now seeking to send those who failed to cross into Poland or other EU countries back to where they came from — often with little regard for their safety, say migrants and human rights groups.

U.S. and European officials and refugee advocates accuse the regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of using migrants as a “political weapon” in retaliation for sanctions.

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More on using refugees as a political weapon
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/refugeesandmigrants/2017/01/07/weapons-of-mass-migration/