SHILADZE – Despite the risk of getting stranded in Europe or perishing on the way there, scores of people from a single town in Iraq’s Kurdish region have opted to be smuggled into European Union countries via Belarus, local smugglers and officials say.
Reuters: In Iraq Kurdish town, many undertake smuggling route to Europe via Belarus
A sign under the town sign reads 'Area covered by a state of emergency' as it announces the begin of the emergency zone near the border with Belarus in Babiki, eastern Poland on Sept. 29, 2021.
