People fleeing repression in Belarus are processed quickly and given visas. Middle Eastern migrants passing through Belarus to the E.U. face a harsher fate.
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Risk for Leader of Belarus: Migrants He Lured May Want to Stay
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, whom the E.U. accuses of engineering a migrant crisis on the border with Poland, could face a serious headache if asylum seekers try to stay in his country.
How the Belarus Standoff Is Unlike Recent Migrant Crises
The images at the Belarus-Poland border look familiar, but this emergency has little in common with previous waves of people from Syria, Myanmar and Afghanistan.
Beyond the Freezing Forest, a Green Light at the Window for Migrants
An unofficial network of local residents, activists and volunteer medics in Poland has been working to support those who have made it across from Belarus in bitter conditions.
On the Ground: Migrants in Poland’s Forests Are Hiding and Hurting
The forests stretch past a restricted zone, and it is there that migrants like this group of eight who have made it past the guards and the razor wire are waiting for an opportunity to continue on.
Poland Gets Support From Europe on Tough Borders
Faced with the weaponization of migrants from Belarus, the European Union is defending Poland’s hard line even as it withholds funds over rule of law violations.
Transgender Woman Flees Malaysia After Wearing Hijab
The Islamic authorities want to imprison her for wearing female clothing at a religious event and threatened to put her in a rehabilitation camp where she could “return to the right path.”
Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru
Australia will stop processing asylum-seekers at offshore detention centers in Papua New Guinea, which have been criticized by human rights groups, but will continue handling them on the island of Nauru.
Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru
Australia will stop processing asylum-seekers at offshore detention centers in Papua New Guinea, which have been criticized by human rights groups, but will continue handling them on the island of Nauru.
Canada Grants Asylum to Refugees Who Sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong
The move ends a long period of uncertainty for a Sri Lankan family that hosted the National Security Agency contractor in their tiny apartment in 2013.