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How One Authoritarian Used Migrants As A Political Tool, And Why It Worries Biden
December 13, 2021·15m
U.S. officials have accused Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko of being the latest to take advantage of desperate migrants. They say he helped bring migrants from war-torn nations to the Belarus border in order to create a humanitarian crisis and put political pressure on his European neighbors. Officials worry this type of strategy might be used again. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and reporter Charles Maynes. Connect: Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.