Airlines suspend Belarus-bound travel for Middle East migrants

Turkish Airlines and Iraqi Airlines restricting flights to Minsk for citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
A picture taken on Nov. 12, 2021 shows migrants in a camp on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region. - Hundreds of desperate migrants are trapped in freezing temperatures on the border and the presence of troops from both sides has raised fears of a confrontation.
A picture taken on Nov. 12, 2021, shows migrants in a camp on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region. - LEONID SHCHEGLOV/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images
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Turkey and Iraq are restricting flights for certain Middle East migrants seeking to travel to Belarus as the migrant crisis on the European Union’s doorstep continues to mount.

Turkish Airlines will not fly certain passengers to Minsk "in relation to the illegal border crossing problem between the European Union and Belarus," Turkey’s Civil Aviation Authority said Friday. 

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