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Would-be Syrian refugees flown back from Belarus despite visas

Belarus has given Syrians two options: cross the border into Poland or be deported.

Syrian migrant Masour Nassar, 42, from Aleppo, applied for asylum in Poland.
Syrian migrant Masour Nassar, 42, from Aleppo, who has applied for asylum in Poland is taken by Polish border guards out of the Rafala Czerwiakowskiego Hospital Emergency ward of the district hospital on Nov. 19, 2021, in Bielsk Podlask, Poland. Poland and Belarus are currently in a standoff over thousands of migrants, many of them from Iraq, Syria and Yemen, who have amassed on the Belarus side of the border with the hope of entering Poland and the European Union. EU authorities accuse the Belarusian government of enticing migrants with tourist visas and using them as a political weapon. — Maciej Moskwa/Getty Images)

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