People seeking to migrate through Belarus and Poland are stuck at the border, and neither country wants them. EU officials have called it “weaponization of migrants” by Belarus, but for the people at the border, the geopolitical dispute is about to get worse – winter is coming. Why has this group of migrants become the center of a standoff and what will happen as temperatures drop?

In this episode: 
Anna Alboth, Minority Rights Group International (@MinorityRights)
Aryan, a migrant in Belarus
Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova), journalist and non-resident fellow at Atlantic Council
Joanna Hosa (@joannahosa), European Council on Foreign Relations 

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People seeking to migrate through Belarus and Poland are stuck at the border, and neither country wants them. EU officials have called it &ldquo;weaponization of migrants&rdquo; by Belarus, but for the people at the border, the geopolitical dispute is about to get worse &ndash; winter is coming. Why has this group of migrants become the center of a standoff and what will happen as temperatures drop?
In this episode:&nbsp;
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<li>Anna Alboth, Minority Rights Group International (<a href="https://twitter.com/MinorityRights">@MinorityRights</a>)</li>
<li>Aryan, a migrant in Belarus</li>
<li>Hanna Liubakova (<a href="http://twitter.com/@HannaLiubakova">@HannaLiubakova</a>), journalist and non-resident fellow at Atlantic Council</li>
<li>Joanna Hosa (<a href="https://twitter.com/joannahosa&nbsp;">@joannahosa</a>), European Council on Foreign Relations&nbsp;</li>
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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