Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko offer refugee
asylum seekers to stay in Belarus, but only if they live in the radioactive No Man's Land created by the Chernobyl disaster where even the poorest
Belarussians don´t want to live. Belarus is said to be the country most affected by the Chernobyl catastrophe.
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RADIOACTIVE REFUGE: Offering Asylum in Chernobyl's No Man's Land
(Spiegel)
October 14, 2005
The dictator of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is making a cynical offer to refugee asylum seekers. You can stay here, but only if you live in the No
Man's Land created by the Chernobyl disaster.
According to the wishes of the Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, more than 200,000 refugees will soon be removed from cities like Minsk,
Brest and Grodno. Their new home will be a place in which not even the poorest Belarussians would want to live.
Radiation scientists are appalled by Lukashenko's latest deal. "From a medical point of view this policy is insane," said Sebastian Pflugbeil,
president of the German Society for Radiation Protection.
Afghans, Pakistanis and Vietnamese -- in Lukashenko's eyes all nuclear-weapon armed criminals -- should go to the West. In the dictator's eyes this
would be a possible revenge for the EU's refusal to nurture political relations with him.
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He is such a nice guy, Lukashenko. This is his way of solving the "refugee problem" once and for all. Refugees might not want to go to Belarus
now.
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[edit on 2006/4/26 by Hellmutt]
