Belarus says camps on Polish border have been cleared of people

Minsk now appears keen to defuse border crisis, which has claimed lives of 13 people

Belarus has said the hastily constructed migrant camps on its border with Poland have been cleared of people in a sign that Minsk is keen to defuse the deadly crisis that its leader, Alexander Lukashenko, helped to create.

On Thursday, that crisis claimed its 13th victim after an NGO reported that a one-year-old child had died after his family attempted the perilous journey through Belarus into the EU.

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Source: The Guardian