More than 750 Iraqis book flights to migrate to Europe

Shafaq News/ Travel agents in Kirkuk reported that more than 750 Iraqi citizens bought tickets to migrate to Europe via Belarus.

The Agents told Shafaq News Agency that "most Iraqis are young people, including women and children."

They added that "these people left the country through the airports of Erbil, Al-Sulaymaniyah, and Baghdad, going to Iran, the UAE, and Syria."

Earlier, The Kurdistan Regional Government said that the migrants' issue on the borders between Poland and Belarus had become a viral subject on media during the past few days.

Dindar Zebari, the KRG Coordinator for International Advocacy, indicated that some parties are using this problem as "a pressure card," saying that the living conditions in Kurdistan are a reason for the Migration."

Zebari said, "the relations between the European Union and the countries of the region have been experiencing tension, so they are using the issue of migrants as a pressure card against each other."

"Migrants go to European countries through neighboring countries on tourist visas or by any other way…some of them are residents of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, but among them are people of other nationalities." He clarified.

"the immigrants are telling about unreal stories about Kurdistan, to be accepted for migration, politicians exploit this to harm our reputation." He said.

In the past few days, Polish media reported the arrival of two large flights of African and European migrants who crossed the Belarusian border, including people of different nationalities.