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Undeterred by Channel’s Perils, Desperate Migrants Still Plan to Cross
CALAIS, France — The lights on the opposite side of the English Channel were visible on Thursday, emboldening Emanuel Malbah,…
Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners
RUKLA, Lithuania — The emigrants hitchhiked overnight to the Dysna River, the border of their native Belarus. They thought they…
How Fake News on Facebook Helped Fuel a Border Crisis in Europe
BRUZGI, Belarus — After more than a week sleeping in a frigid encampment on the border between Belarus and Poland,…
Who Does Afghanistan’s Soccer Team Represent Now?
BELEK, Turkey — Anoush Dastgir may be the hardest-working man in soccer, but by Saturday, his job had taken a…
Melee Erupts Between Migrants in Belarus and Polish Border Forces
BRUZGI, Belarus — He has spent 28 nights, each colder than the one before, choking on campfire smoke and despair…
Europe Adopts New Sanctions Against Belarus
SOKOLKA, Poland — A few miles from here, in the small Polish town of Bohoniki, a young Syrian, Ahmed Al…