'Go through, go': Belarus leader tells migrants they have 'right' to go to EU • FRANCE 24 English

#Belarus's strongman leader Alexander #Lukashenko told #migrants on the border with #Poland Friday that he would not try to stop them from reaching the European Union, urging Germany to take them in. In footage released by state media, Lukashenko was shown visiting a centre near the Polish border hosting hundreds of migrants who travelled to Belarus in the hopes of reaching Europe. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports.

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