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TOPSHOT - A group of migrants rest by a fire at a camp near the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region on November 13, 2021. - Thousands of migrants -- most of them from the Middle East -- have crossed or attempted to cross the EU and NATO border since the summer. Western countries have accused the Belarusian regime, which is backed by Russia, of engineering the crisis in retaliation against EU sanctions, charges that Minsk has denied. (Photo by Leonid SHCHEGLOV / BELTA / AFP) / Belarus OUT (KEYSTONE/BELTA/LEONID SHCHEGLOV)