‘I didn’t have a life in Iraq’: In limbo in Belarus, migrants cling to hopes that EU countries will open their borders

The migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the European Union has been going on for months. Thousands of asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries remain stranded in the Eastern European country. Some of them have made several unsuccessful attempts to cross the border into the EU. Seeing no other way out, many have already given up hope and decided to return to their home countries. Reporting from Minsk, Meduza asks migrants stuck in limbo what made them leave their homelands, why they want to get to the European Union, and what they plan to do next. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/11/24/i-didn-t-have-a-life-in-iraq