Today, the Prime Ministers of the Baltic States will meet in a virtual conference to discuss the migration situation. Krišjānis Kariņš (“New Unity”) will discuss further support for Lithuania with the Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonīte and the Prime Minister of Estonia Kaju Kallas, taking into account the difficult situation on the state border with Belarus.
Although the flow of migrants trying to enter Lithuania illegally has slightly decreased in recent days, the total number of people crossing the border has already exceeded four thousand. The Prime Ministers will discuss possible solutions and further action at the level of the European Union to remedy this situation, given that the goal of migrants is not Lithuania but Western European countries.
Vilnius believes that the flow of migrants is deliberately coordinated by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, thus responding to Western sanctions and Lithuania’s expressed support for Belarusian opposition.
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In the summer of 2021 the number of migrants has increased significantly, which is trying to enter the territory of Lithuania from Belarus. Most migrants have come from Iraq.
Lithuanian officials believe that the Belarusian authorities deliberately does not constitute an obstacle to the crossing of the borderto punish Lithuania for supporting the Belarusian opposition and imposing sanctions on the Alexander Lukashenko regime. Lithuania describes such action as the spread of a hybrid war against the European Union.
Lithuania is planning to reduce the flow of migrants along the Belarusian border to Build a Fence Four Meters High |. Border guards have also been ordered send migrants back to Belarus.
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