Lithuania begins construction of a four-meter-high fence on the border with Belarus / Article

The fence itself is being manufactured in Poland and the Netherlands, and the first 100 kilometers of the fence will be delivered to the border by the end of the year, but the installation of the section will be completed by April, the company said.

Lithuania plans to build in general 400 kilometers long fence on the border with Belarus, which is accused of organizing the flow of migrants.

Last day, Lithuanian border guards forced almost 100 more people to return to Belarus who had tried to enter Lithuania illegally.

In turn, in one of the migrants’ accommodation places, there have been riots in the women’s sector. On Tuesday night, five migrant women from African countries behaved aggressively and tried to take away an Iranian’s property, which led to the intervention of border guards and police. One of the migrant women bitten the border guard, so she had to use tear gas, reports LRT.lt.

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

Lithuanian officials pointed out 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.

The Baltic states describe such actions as the spread of a hybrid war against the European Union. President of the European Parliament pointed out that the EU must help solve the situation with migrants, the problem is also topical in Latvia.

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