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More Iraqi migrants from Poland-Belarus border return home

Another group of Iraqis who had camped for weeks at the Belarus border with Poland, in the hope of entering the European Union, have been flown out of Belarus and back to Baghdad, a senior Polish security official said on Saturday.

PROFILE: ‘In Poland I can dream’, says student who left Belarus after police intimidation

When Angelina Bets was 17-years-old, a ‘terrifying’ encounter with the police made her realise she had no future in her homeland. Now 23, she is studying for a Master’s degree in International Trade Policy at Warsaw University.

Failing to enter Poland, some Iraqis return home from Belarus

Many Iraqis have decided to return home as they failed to cross the Polish border so evacuation flights have started taking them from the Belarusian capital, Minsk, to Baghdad, the spokesman for Poland's special services coordinator said on Tuesday.

Representative of Polish-funded TV said to be arrested in Minsk

Iryna Slaunikava, a representative of the Belarusian Belsat television funded by the Polish government, has been arrested at the Minsk airport, human rights activists have reported.

Poland wants more EU sanctions on Belarus, PAP sources say

Poland asked Brussels to impose more sanctions on Minsk at a meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels on Wednesday, PAP has learnt from its sources.

Minsk and Moscow behind border migrant standoff says PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has accused Minsk and Moscow of masterminding the migrant crisis on the Poland-Belarus border.

State of emergency in regions close to Belarus approved by lower house

The Sejm (lower house) has not annulled the president's ordinance introducing a state of emergency in areas close to the country’s Belarusian border owing to an alleged attempt by Belarus to destabilise Poland by pushing migrants across the border.

Moscow, Minsk write up scenarios to threaten Poland, PM says

The Polish government can see that Moscow and Minsk are writing up scenarios that pose a threat to Poland's sovereignty, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said in parliament on Monday.

Crisis at border with Belarus has been planned - Polish ambassador to EU

The Polish ambassador to the European Union has stated that the ongoing migration crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border has been planned and organised by the Belarusian authorities.

State of emergency shows gravity of migration crisis - EC vice-president

Poland's plans to declare a state of emergency in areas close to the country’s Belarusian border show that the current migration crisis is very serious, Vera Jourova, European Commission vice-president, said on Tuesday.

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Cold cases of priests ‘murdered’ by communist secret police to be reopened

According to IPN president Dr Karol Nawrocki, chief among the renewed investigations are three opposition priests who died in suspicious circumstances in 1989.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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