Hundreds of Middle Eastern migrants, camped in a Belarusian warehouse are still clinging to the hope of a future in western Europe as the year draws to a close.

Migrants camped in Belarus warehouse still hope of a future in European Union

Hundreds of middle eastern migrants were found in a Belarusian warehouse in abysmal conditions. These migrants flew to Belarus and tried to cross into Poland.

Hundreds of middle eastern migrants found in a Belarusian warehouse in abysmal conditions

Belarusian Envoy talked about his country's bilateral ties with India. He also spoke on the country handled migrant crisis.

Belarus Envoy talks on his country's bilateral ties with India

Belarus envoy to India Andrei Rzheussky has dismissed allegations of his country pushing migrants to Poland, Lithuania saying "we did not provoke this crisis". The migrant crisis at the border between Belarus on one side and Poland and 3 Baltic countries Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia on the other side has seen influx of thousands of migrants, most from countries like Iraq. The development has further worsened the already tensed ties between Minsk and its western Neighbours.

Belarus envoy Rzheussky dismisses his country pushing migrants into EU

Belarus envoy to India Andrei Rzheussky has dismissed allegations that his country pushed migrants towards Poland and Lithuania saying "we did not provoke this crisis".

Belarus envoy dismisses allegations of migrants being pushed into EU

Belarusian opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky, who rallied mass protests against disputed leader Alexander Lukashenko has been jailed for 18 years.

Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years

The United States, Canada, and European allies expanded sanctions on Belarus placing restrictions on government officials and entities for human rights abuses and official support for "migrant smuggling."

US, Europe expand sanctions on Belarus over 'migrant smuggling'

The European Union, in co-ordination with the US and Britain, imposed sanctions on Belarus' state-owned airline Belavia on Thursday. The bloc has accused the company of flying in migrants as a tactic in order to destabilise European states.

EU imposes fresh sanctions on Belarus

It was cold in Belarus, bitterly cold, but at least it offered hope, however illusory. Nazar Shamsaldin was one of thousands of Iraqis who made their way to the Eastern European country in recent months, hoping it would prove a jumping-off point to new lives in the West, only to become pawns in a geopolitical game.

Limping and penniless, Iraqis deported from Belarus face bleak futures

He has ruled with an iron fist for 27 years, surviving huge street protests, multiple rounds of Western sanctions and even alleged plots by his benefactor, Russia, to remove him.

Risk for leader of Belarus: Migrants he lured may want to stay

Hundreds of Iraqi who failed t enter the EU from Belarus have returned home. Around 430 Iraqis stranded are being repatriated on a charter flight from Minsk to Baghdad.

Belarus-Poland migrant crisis | Hundreds of Iraqis repatriated from Belarus

Belarus authorities have cleared migrant camps at the border with Poland, a step that could help calm a crisis. Belarus has now moved hundreds of migrants to a warehouse from bring outdoor in the freezing temperatures.

Belarus clears migrant crisis, shifts hundreds to a warehouse | Belarus-Poland crisis

Belarus has announced that it has cleared migrant camps on its border with Poland and moved them to a nearby warehouse that the government has converted into a processing center. This came after Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke twice to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on the telephone.

Belarus clears migrant camps after Merkel speaks to Lukashenko

Hundreds of Iraqis who have camped for weeks at Belarus' borders with the EU checked in for a flight back to Iraq on Thursday, the Iraqi foreign ministry said. Some 430 migrants, mostly Iraqi Kurds, were to board a flight in Minsk bound for Erbil in Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdistan region, and then on to Baghdad.

Iraqis check in for flight home after failing to enter EU from Belarus

The crisis at European Union's eastern border is only escalating, clashes have broken out at the Poland-Belarus border. Police forces fired tear gas at the migrants after they resorted to stone-pelting.

Poland-Belarus migrant crisis worsens; Police forces fire tear gas, migrants pelt stones

A day after Polish forces used tear gas and water cannons against migrants at Poland-Belarus border, Poland said on Wednesday that migrant crisis could last for months or even years.

Migrant crisis may last for years, says Poland

Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had nothing to do with the migrant crisis unfolding on the Poland-Belarus border. But on Monday, Moscow and Paris both agreed that there was a need for de-escalation.

Migrant crisis: Is Putin behind Poland-Belarus border crisis?

Amid the escalating crisis, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned the EU will expand sanctions on Belarus and will target airlines that support "human trafficking".

Poland: Over 33,000 illegal attempts to cross the border

Polish defence ministry said on Tuesday that the country's forces used tear gas against stone-throwing migrants seeking to cross the border at eastern village of Kuznica.

Polish forces use tear gas, water cannons on migrants at border

Amid tensions at the border over the migrant crisis, Poland's defence ministry said Belarus forces were sending migrants at the Kuznica border crossing. Amid the escalating crisis, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned the EU will expand sanctions on Belarus and will target airlines which support "human trafficking".

Russia backs Lukashenko as migrant crisis escalates at Belarus-Poland border

Belarus says that it is working to repatriate migrants at its border with Poland in an apparent attempt in diffusing the crisis; this comes as the EU prepares new sanctions against Belarus.

'Belarus border situation unacceptable,' EU readies sanctions over migrant crisis

Josep Borrell, foreign policy chief of European Union warned Belarus of not using people as weapons. Borrell on Sunday spoke with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei on phone and discussed migrant crisis on the country's border with Poland.

Don't use people as weapons, EU chief diplomat warns Belarus

British Army General Sir Nick Carter has said that an ''accidental'' war can break out between the West and Russia. "I think we have to be careful that people don't end up allowing the bellicose nature of some of our politics to end up in a position where escalation leads to miscalculation," he said in an interview.

Britain's army chief says 'accidental' war can break out between the West and Russia

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