Published 14 July 2021 at 07.56
Abroad. EU Interior and Migration Commissioner Ylva Johansson believes that the onslaught of third-world immigrants to Lithuania is orchestrated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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– There are many indications that this is something that is orchestrated by Lukashenko where migrants are used as a political pressure, says Ylva Johansson to Yle.
Over 1,600 illegal immigrants, especially from the Arab world and Africa, has crossed the border from Belarus to Lithuania in the last two months.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte also believes that this is a “campaign” on the part of Belarus.
< Ylva Johansson states that there are signs that the Belarusians are simply driving migrants to the Lithuanian border and then enabling them to cross the border without checks.
– The situation has worsened with each passing week and it is completely unacceptable to use people in this way that I feel the Lukashenko regime is doing. The important thing now is that we try to stop the way in which migrants are used for political blackmail purposes and to show that this is the EU's external border. Lithuania needs EU support, says Ylva Johansson to Yle.
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