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“Almost every day, counting the number of refugees dumped across our border with Belarus, we see very well what is meant by appropriate or very short-sighted decisions in domestic and foreign policy,” the president of Seimas wrote on Facebook on Monday. .
“In 2015, Lithuania pledged to accept almost 1,100 refugees and thus help Greece, Italy and other countries that needed great solidarity at the time. Unfortunately, this year we were able to accept only half of the committed number, ”he recalled, noting that this year the same number of illegal immigrants arrived in Lithuania from Belarus.
“Currently, we have more than 1,000 refugees provided by the Lukashenko regime in Lithuania. That is all we promised to accept. But then some politicians even campaigned for the elections, promising that there would be no refugees in Lithuania,” he said the head of parliament.
“It’s only been 6 years and we, from a country that pretended not to see the problem and could not help other EU countries, are becoming aid seekers today. Therefore, it is very good to weigh the impact of our decisions today on future events. What are the current fears about common EU initiatives or conventions that can become a burden on us year after year? Who will we ask for help then? Who are we distancing ourselves from today? ”, Summarized the Speaker of the Seimas.
According to the State Border Guard Service (SBGS), from Sunday morning to Monday morning, border guards detained 134 migrants from Belarus who crossed the border illegally. A total of 1,232 illegal immigrants were detained at the border with Belarus this year, a record number last week.
