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He addressed the European Parliament: the situation is linked to the revenge of Lukashenko and Zapad 2021
Rasa Juknevičienė, MEP, seeing the flows of illegal refugees across the Belarusian-Lithuanian border and the deterioration of the situation at the EU border organized by the Lukashenko regime, a few weeks ago asked the Civil Liberties Commission, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament to urgently consider the situation:
“In Lithuania we associate this attack not only with the revenge of the Lukashenko regime for supporting democratic forces, but also with the start of the Russian-Belarusian military exercise Zapad 2021,” said R. Juknevičienė. According to the politician, 2 years ago there were many elements of a hybrid war on the scene of similar exercises.
Rasa Juknevičienė
“It is very likely that this year many unconventional measures will be used. Including artificially inflated migrant flows, disinformation lives on in the EU languages, in various representation structures within countries,” said R. Juknevičienė.
Furthermore, according to the MEP, migrants, living people from distant lands, are currently being used as a tool: “We have to start talking openly. Lukashenko’s team is working with the Kremlin to create smuggling chains based on the mafia. As part of a military complex, they can be quickly used for attacks against neighboring countries. It has emerged that there is also close cooperation with Iran’s special services, “he said.
Juknevičienė: “If we fail, it will be a signal for Lukashenko-style dictators”
Juknevičienė suggested that the EU examine the situation in principle, paying more attention to defense and security: “If there is no analysis and quick fixes now, there may be much more massive attacks against any EU country in the future. If we talk about strategic security autonomy, this is precisely the area in which the EU must be able to anticipate threats and have the ability to defend itself, ”said R. Juknevičienė.
According to the MEP, if we fail, it will be a signal for Lukashenko-style dictators to use such a weapon even more widely and on a larger scale. The politician’s voice was heard and on Monday an extraordinary meeting took place in the EP, attended by Commissioner Ylva Johansson from Sweden, Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency FRONTEX, Agnė Bilotaitė, Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, Luc Devigne.
The European Commission is ready to provide financial support to Lithuania
European Commissioner Ilva Johansson, who participated in the meeting, said that the number of illegal immigrants arriving from Lithuania to Lithuania had multiplied by 22 and the situation was deteriorating every week. Most arrivals are from Iraq, Congo, Cameroon.
“The EU has imposed sanctions on Belarus, expanded them and the Lukashenko regime has responded. It appears that the Belarusian government is helping illegal immigrants and this is a reaction to Lithuania’s actions in defense of Belarusian civil society.” said the European Commissioner at the meeting.
According to her, according to available information, migrants arrive from Istanbul and Baghdad to Minsk on commercial flights, Belarusians organize several flights a day, then they are taken to the border between Belarus and Lithuania, where they cross the Lithuanian border on foot in some places. . that are not controlled. apply for asylum in Lithuania.
“The situation is complicated, so it is important for us to show solidarity with Lithuania,” said European Commissioner Johanson.
According to her, the European Commission is ready to provide financial support to Lithuania. Addressing the illegal immigrant crisis in August 10 million will be allocated from various programs. euros. In addition, the suspension of the visa regime for Belarus will be considered. Mr Johanson stated that immigrants should not become a political tool and that Lithuania should be supported by the EU.
The number of illegal immigrants is shocking: in one month of July – how many in the last two years
During the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Agnė Bilotaitė, said that a democratic society is undergoing a hybrid attack and that migration has been used as a weapon. During the presentation, the Minister demonstrated a drastic increase in the number of illegal immigrants from Belarus: in 2019, Lithuania received 37 of those people. – 74, and this year, only in the middle of the year, we already have 1660 illegal immigrants from Belarus.
Agnė Bilotaitė
“The influx of migrants in July is particularly worrying: the number of illegal migrants on a single day in July is similar to the sum of all the years 2020 and 2020.” This year, half of the illegal immigrants are Iraqi citizens and the rest are third-country citizens.
“Why is this happening? It is part of a hybrid war.” The war against Lithuania, which actively supports civil society and defends human rights in Belarus, provides refuge for the people of Belarus who are persecuted for their political views and seeks democracy, “said Minister A. Bilotaitė.
In the photos: one-way tickets and land at the border
According to the politician, the problem is not the inability of Belarus to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, but, on the contrary, the deliberate facilitation of this process. The minister also presented interesting photographs: one of them shows a one-way ticket, from Baghdad to Minsk. The other is the identity card of a person who arrived in February, while those arriving today usually do not have an identity card, and flights from Baghdad to Minsk are operated up to four times a week:
A. Bilotaitė shares a photo at the EP meeting: a plane ticket
“Who can believe that thousands of people with a one-way ticket fly to Minsk for the holidays?” Visa facilitation, says A. Bilotaitė, enabled by A. Lukashenko’s decree, visas are issued as soon as you arrive at the Minsk airport.
A. Bilotaitė shares a photo at the EP meeting: Traces of the Belarusian border may be hidden
The Minister also presents a photograph showing the newly confiscated soil marks on the border between Belarus and Lithuania: “This is an effort by the Belarusian authorities to remove the traces. The Lithuanian side repeatedly requested cooperation, but all requests were rejected. “
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