European Union to impose additional sanctions on Belarus / Article

This is due to illegal migration backed by official Minsk, which has provoked an extremely serious crisis on the border with Poland, where several thousand migrants have gathered.

In a conversation with journalists at the White House, Leijen pointed out that this is not a question of bilateral relations between Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. This is not a migration crisis, but a hybrid attack by an authoritarian regime and an attempt to destabilize its democratic neighbors.

That is why she has agreed with US President Joe Biden to step up cooperation with migrants’ countries of origin so that their citizens do not fall into the trap of the Minsk regime. The possibility of punishing airlines that facilitate human trafficking, as well as other sanctions, will be considered.

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In the summer of 2021 the number of migrants increased significantly, which is trying to enter the territory of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland illegally from Belarus. Most migrants are arrived from Iraq.

Officials from the Baltic states and Poland pointed out that the Belarusian authorities deliberately do not obstruct the crossing of the borderto punish these countries for supporting the Belarusian opposition and sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

The European Union will do so described as the deployment of hybrid warfare and promises to help strengthen the EU’s external border.

The Latvian government from August 11 declared a state of emergency on the border with Belarus, later on extended until 10 February. Latvia also plans to speed up Latvian-Belarusian border infrastructures construction.

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