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December 21, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> About 3,000 foreigners have been deported from Belarus since January, Interior Minister Ivan Kubrako\u016d said yesterday, while unveiling the new office of the regional Department for the Citizenship and Migration Department in Homiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus pursues an \u201copen and friendly migration policy,\u201d but \u201copenness does not mean permissiveness,\u201d the ministry\u2019s press office quoted him as saying. \u201cEvery foreigner in our country is informed about the rules of conduct and the specifics of our legislation. We speak briefly with violators and act firmly: first issuing a warning, and, in case of repetition, requiring them to leave the republic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official did not mention that Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime has recently been forcibly deporting its own citizens. In particular, dissidents pardoned as a result of deals with Washington are taken out of the country, often without passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two days ago, the Belarusian ruler described them as enemies and said they would not be able to return to their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the irregular migration crisis has been ongoing on the border between Belarus and the European Union since 2021, after \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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