Belarus: border migrants evacuated to a reception center

Migrants stranded for several days at the Belarusian border were relocated Thursday to a nearby logistics center, while several hundred of them were repatriated to Iraq, after having given up all hope of reaching Europe via neighboring Poland. "As of November 18, all refugees from the makeshift camp on the Belarusian-Polish border near the Bruzgi crossing point were transferred, on a voluntary basis, to a logistics center," Belarusian border guards said. on Telegram. Photos of the seemingly abandoned camp have been released. As of Tuesday evening, more than a thousand people had already taken refuge in this vast hangar near the border, but some 800 others, according to Minsk, had still spent the night outside in temperatures below 0degC in tents or near campfire.

Army on the ground in flood-hit western Canada

Troops were deployed Thursday across western Canada, by land and air, to respond to major flooding and landslides that left one dead and several missing, while evacuees continue to number in the thousands. "Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force have rescued more than 300 motorists and nearly 30 pets using three of our helicopters," Defense Minister Anita Anand said at a press conference on Thursday. that this is the twelfth time since the start of the pandemic that the Canadian military has responded to natural disasters. A total of 120 soldiers are to rally Abbotsford, about 70 kilometers southeast of Vancouver, and up to 350 others could be deployed to help.

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Joe Biden received Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday, the "three friends" making an onslaught of pleasantries even though there is no shortage of frictional topics, starting with trade and immigration. .

Paris SG qualified for the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League by winning 2-0 in Madrid against Real, during a 4th day of the group stage also marked by the victory of Juventus in Wolfsburg (2-0).