Volfovich: Some 200 refugees waiting for evacuation flight at Minsk airport

11:43, 25 November

About 200 refugees are waiting at Minsk National Airport for a flight to Iraq, State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told the media on 25 November, BelTA has learned.

“Unfortunately, we see no action on part of the European Union today. According to our information, an evacuation flight was expected to arrive in Minsk from Iraq today to take back the refugees wishing to go home. For some reason, the flight did not come. About 200 migrants are at the airport waiting for the flight,” Aleksandr Volfovich said.

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