Officials at the Rūdninkai landfill use water cannons and tear gas to quell the unrest



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The migrants said that human rights were not guaranteed, they said that they no longer ate the food they were given, the water, which was said to be dirty and they did not tear off the fence.

The migrants who rebelled at the Rūdninkai landfill chanted: “freedoms, freedoms”, “we are peaceful.”

“We are not animals, we are human,” they said.

They also held up posters with the words “I am a human being”, “Where are the human rights?” And “We want freedom.”

The English-speaking man shouted that Lithuania did not provide the right conditions, so he called for European help.

“We will be here for a day, two, three – as long as it takes. Europe needs to see this, we live like animals,” he said.

He also testified that he left his country for a better life: “Why do you allow me to live like an animal? I asked for food and water. They said no, you have to go back. I will not return because I am human. I need a better life. I escaped from my country to have a better life. My country is better than this life, ”the migrant shouted into the cells.

Migrant protest at the Rūdninkai landfill

“We did not sleep for two days, they gave us cookies and chicken. If people eat chicken, they will get sick. Yesterday we had a man who was poisoning food. I needed an ambulance, which we received after 6 hours ”, added the man.

Officials entered the Rūdninkai landfill and removed several illegal immigrants.

Tear gas was used, a water cannon was used. The illegal immigrants covered themselves with sheets.

The situation has calmed down.

A migrant needs medical help: they took him to an ambulance.

There were riots

The news portal tv3.lr wrote that riots broke out on Monday at the Rūdninkai landfill, which is the home of the migrants.

Police reported that the migrants were trying to escape.

“It was said that the migrants began to make noise, someone was trying to leave, the agents stopped, they did not allow it. The conflict started, the officials saw that some were not getting along, they asked the police for help, ”say representatives of the Vilnius County Police.

Božena Zaborovska-Zdanovič, advisor to the Communication Division of the Ministry of the Interior (MoI), confirms that there were unrest. As far as she knows, this happened because part of the tents that were housing the migrants fell due to heavy rains.

Reinforcement was also requested for the security of the population, and a reinforced police force is working, ”he says.

The representative of Minister Lina Laurinaitytė-Grigienė indicates to the SNB that the situation has been managed after the reinforcement of the agents of the Public Security Service (SBGS).

800 illegal immigrants are scheduled to be accommodated in the Šalčininkai district, the Rūdninkai landfill, the first 380 of which were accommodated on Thursday.

This year, nearly 4,000 people crossed the border from Belarus into Lithuania. illegal migrants.

Lithuania has declared an emergency situation due to the increase in illegal immigration. The country’s officials take the position that the increase in migratory flows is an organized action of the Minsk regime against Lithuania.



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