It's worth it: Pregnant Iraqi woman tells migrants to keep crossing EU border

Iraqi migrant Umm Malak, 26 years old and nine months pregnant, talks to Reuters at the migrants centre in Bialystok, Poland, November 12, 2021. Picture taken November 12, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BIALYSTOK, Poland (Reuters) - Umm Malak, 26 and due to give birth in weeks, was willing to go through chest-deep water, hiding in cold forests with her three small daughters in the hopes of giving them a better life in Germany.

The Iraqi woman said she did not regret her efforts, even though she said she and her family had been shunted between Polish and Belarusian border guards six times in the last few weeks.