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The European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex has also decided to send more emergency border aid to Lithuania.
Dozens of people from the Interior Ministry building in the district capital of Šalčininkai expressed their anger at the government and its plans to house several hundred illegal people in the former Dieveniškės School of Technology and Business. The protesters held posters with quotes from Agnė Bilotaitė herself. The minister promised not to settle border violators near the settlements.
Liuba Poliak, representative of the Dieveniškės community, says: “Now 500 people will live next to us, or even more people are planned. Even if they only talked about what we would feel. Can you imagine the situation? And if they scream there and not just during the day. “
“Our children’s school is right in front, 25 meters from the building where they want to stay. The windows look at the windows, what our children will see, ”says another resident.
“There are 500 people here at first, then up to 1.5 thousand, and only men. They will not sit silently by themselves, they will want to escape because they are planning to enter Europe. They are escaping in hiding. Where will you hide? A lot of older people in the towns and what they will do with them. Whatever they want, they will, they will hide and threaten, “says the resident.
The Minister of the Interior also came out to speak to the frightened people of Dieveniškės.
“I don’t know who those people are, from different countries, the religion and culture are completely different. That anxiety of not knowing who those people are is always understandable. For Dieveniškės, these were the venues offered by Turto bankas and they were the most suitable There will have to be guard agents, permanent public security services, police forces and a fence, ”says A. Bilotaitė.
However, the fear of the neighbors did not diminish during the meeting.
“It just came to our knowledge then. Time, materials, work, when will it be done? After bringing in? When will the girls be raped? When will you be overwhelmed by something?” Dieveniškės residents asked the ministers. They are not giving up, they are currently looking for a lawyer and planning to go to court.
“I understand people, but we must understand the simple thing that migrants don’t disappear because we don’t like them, that someone thinks they don’t want to. These are living people and if they crossed the border, we have to house them somewhere. The Dieveniškės circuit has logistical advantages, as there are few opportunities to get out of there, ”says Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
Currently, around 2,100 illegal immigrants are housed in Lithuania. Two thirds of them were arrested in July alone. Both the State Border Guard Service and the Police Department are trying to reassure residents. So far, no refugee has committed a serious crime.
Ramūnas Matonis, a representative of the Police Department, says: “There were no special conflicts with them. They are normal people, with their own habits, customs, traditions, etc. We currently have no information that they have committed at least one crime. “
Until now, officials only have to deal with illegal national conflicts.
Giedrius Mišutis, representative of the State Border Guard Service, says: “There are domestic conflicts in the firebreaks and accommodation hangars, where they are temporarily built. It is discussed who has the right to lie down closer to the air conditioning, there was a case in which about 10 migrants began to sing, demand cigarettes.
Larger forces continue to mobilize on the border. Lithuania managed to reach an agreement with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex, which promised to provide further assistance: a total of 60 officers, four interrogation teams with interpreters, 30 cars, two helicopters and two sets of imaging equipment. thermal.
“According to Lithuania, Frontex has launched emergency border assistance. We decided to respond to their request for assistance. In concrete terms, this means that we are currently deploying our forces,” says Fabrice Leggeri, CEO of Frontex.
The European Commission has promised Lithuania between 10 and 12 million in financial support, which should reach the country in August.
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