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The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

February 23, 2026

Ahmed, a nineteen-year-old Somali, fled his home in Mogadishu after the terror group Al Shabab killed his father for refusing to join them. He found himself at the Polish border in Belarus last August, attempting to immigrate to Europe through a smuggler, following a perilous journey facilitated by a travel agency in Mogadishu.

Credit: In response to sanctions, the Belarusian President said, “We stopped drugs and migrants. Now you will have to eat them and catch them yourselves.”Photograph by Jędrzej Nowicki for The New Yorker

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Ahmed is a 19-year-old Somali fleeing from Al Shabab.
His father was killed by the group for refusing to join.
Ahmed's family paid $3,000 for a package to help him immigrate to Europe.
He was last seen at the Polish border in Belarus.
A smuggler was assisting migrants by using a ladder to scale a wall.

Magazine / Letter from Poland

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The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

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The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

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