Iraq repatriates more citizens from Belarus

The Kurdistan Regional Government previously reported that it had helped bring more than 1,800 people home from the Belarus-Poland border.
Iraqi migrants who were flown home from the Belarusian capital Minsk, arrive at the airport in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on Nov. 26, 2021.
Iraqi migrants who were flown home from the Belarusian capital, Minsk, arrive at the airport in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on Nov. 26, 2021. - SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images
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More Iraqi citizens who were stuck in Belarus returned home today.

Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that 433 people took an Iraqi Airways flight from the Belarusian capital, Minsk. Some of the passengers were granted temporary travel documents by the Iraqi government because they had lost their passports, the ministry said on Twitter. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) later tweeted that 427 of the individuals returned to the regional capital Erbil. 

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