Chechnya’s asylum-seekers are reminding Europe of its old refugee crisis

Hundreds of refugees from the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya this week mounted a small, and perhaps fruitless, protest on the Polish border with Belarus, seeking political asylum in the European Union from persecution at home. The demonstration, a sit-in in the transit zone between the Belarusian and Polish borders, was an attempt to return media attention to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/01/chechnyas-asylum-seekers-are-reminding-europe-of-its-old-refugee-crisis/