Many of the migrants currently languishing at the Poland-Belarus border come from #Iraq. Most of them hail from the autonomous region of Iraqi #Kurdistan in the north of the country. This area is often described as a haven of #peace, but the reality is somewhat darker. Our correspondent Lucile Wassermann went to meet the Iraqis ready to risk everything to flee their region.

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