There's a dire humanitarian crisis i'm going on at the border of poland. A few thousand people are estimated to be trapped there right now. Some airlines from the region have said that they're going to stop taking people from syria as a way to address the root causes of this problem.
Belarus is promising migrants passage to Europe knowing the EU will turn them away.
Today’s show was produced by Haleema Shah with help from Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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