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Migrants head towards the Polish Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on November 15, 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 / various sources / AFP) / Belarus OUT (KEYSTONE/AFP/LEONID SHCHEGLOV)