00:30Dozens of Iraqi migrants were filmed at Minsk airport, Thursday, ahead of an evacuation flight to their homeland. As confirmed by Iraqi foreign ministry, the migrants previously stranded on the Belarus-Poland border are to return to Iraq on two flights.
According to the Minsk airport press service, an Iraqi Airways Airbus A320 that can seat 180 passengers is tentatively scheduled for 22:15.
A Boeing 747-400 that can seat 420 passengers is to arrive at the Minsk airport at about 01:15 on November 26. The flight back is scheduled for 02:45 on November 26.
Last week saw the departure of the first repatriation flight from Minsk to Baghdad via Erbil, with hundreds on board.
The migrant crisis comes amid escalating tensions between the EU and Belarus. Brussels has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to pressure the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.
Belarus: Dozens of migrants wait at Minsk airport ahead of evacuation flight
Dozens of Iraqi migrants were filmed at Minsk airport, Thursday, ahead of an evacuation flight to their homeland. As confirmed by Iraqi foreign ministry, the migrants previously stranded on the Belarus-Poland border are to return to Iraq on two flights.
According to the Minsk airport press service, an Iraqi Airways Airbus A320 that can seat 180 passengers is tentatively scheduled for 22:15.
A Boeing 747-400 that can seat 420 passengers is to arrive at the Minsk airport at about 01:15 on November 26. The flight back is scheduled for 02:45 on November 26.
Last week saw the departure of the first repatriation flight from Minsk to Baghdad via Erbil, with hundreds on board.
The migrant crisis comes amid escalating tensions between the EU and Belarus. Brussels has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to pressure the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.
Dozens of Iraqi migrants were filmed at Minsk airport, Thursday, ahead of an evacuation flight to their homeland. As confirmed by Iraqi foreign ministry, the migrants previously stranded on the Belarus-Poland border are to return to Iraq on two flights.
According to the Minsk airport press service, an Iraqi Airways Airbus A320 that can seat 180 passengers is tentatively scheduled for 22:15.
A Boeing 747-400 that can seat 420 passengers is to arrive at the Minsk airport at about 01:15 on November 26. The flight back is scheduled for 02:45 on November 26.
Last week saw the departure of the first repatriation flight from Minsk to Baghdad via Erbil, with hundreds on board.
The migrant crisis comes amid escalating tensions between the EU and Belarus. Brussels has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to pressure the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.