Belarus says it has helped more than 100 migrants leave

Belarusian authorities say they have helped more than 100 migrants leave the country and more are prepared to leave

KYIV, Ukraine -- Belarusian authorities say they have helped more than 100 migrants leave the country on Monday and more are prepared to leave Tuesday, a statement that comes after almost two weeks of tensions at Belarus' border with Poland, where hundreds of migrants remain stuck.

Belarus' Interior Ministry officials said Tuesday that 118 migrants flew out of the capital, Minsk, on Monday to their home countries after the ex-Soviet country's authorities “assisted them with paperwork and passing through the state border.”

The authorities carry out this work “daily," and on Tuesday another group of migrants is expected to leave Belarus, said Alexei Begun, head of the department for citizenship and migration at the ministry. Begun didn't mention the nationality of the migrants or countries they departed to.

Last week, more than 400 Iraqi migrants left Belarus on an evacuation flight organized by Iraqi authorities.