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Syrians in Belarus

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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/

on the Trek to America

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A Deadly Jungle on the Trek to America

Some 90,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap this year on the trek to the U.S. The jungle between Colombia and Panama is one of the most dangerous migrant routes in the world – and not everybody makes it out alive.
The most dangerous part of the journey for Romain and his small family lies just ahead: Right after crossing the Gulf of Urabá, they will need to enter the jungle connecting Colombia and Panama, the rainforest of Darién. They will face an approximately six-day journey by foot through a dangerous forest where getting lost is common. Others collapse in exhaustion and remain lying in the jungle, an environment with raging rivers, poisonous snakes and wild pumas.