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2023-09-29 13:03:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D4C55DA266FAED2EC4DDDED87D8384B382F7268BBF6FA6E64A136DEBF70DC107
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There is evidence that Russia may have caused part of the refugee flow from Syria to Europe, which was exploited for propaganda. https://militairespectator.nl/artikelen/allegations-russian-weaponized-migration-against-eu Russia has a history of weaponizing EU’s attractiveness to migrants, extorting financial and political concessions for controlling borders. https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Report_The_instrumentalization_of_migration.pdf https://www.hybridcoe.fi/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220308-Hybrid-CoE-WP-14-Migration-instrumentalization-WEB.pdf
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