Belarus set to refuse illegal migrants deported from European Union countries, as Lukashenko ramps up refugee border row with West

The presidential press

Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s embattled leader, has put forward a new bill that would allow his country to reject migrants and would-be asylum seekers deported from the EU for crossing the border without permission.

The presidential press service confirmed on Thursday that Lukashenko had submitted the draft law to the country’s National Assembly in a bid to suspend existing agreements with Brussels. “The document was prepared in response to the unfriendly actions taken by the EU and its member states towards Belarus,” the statement said.

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