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As announced by the President’s press service on Sunday, a joint letter from the President of Lithuania and the Prime Minister of Slovenia emphasizes that the current migration pressure at the EU’s external border is a hybrid attack financed by Belarus that uses illegal migration in response to EU support for civil society and democratic processes, as well as EU sanctions against the Lukashenko regime.
It is also noted that since the beginning of this year, more than 3,000 people illegally crossed the border between Lithuania and Belarus. migrants.
“The protection of the EU’s external borders is a shared responsibility of all member states. The protection of the external borders has a direct impact on the security of the Union as a whole. We want to take this opportunity to reiterate our request for assistance additional emergency to the Lithuanian authorities, who are currently facing exceptionally difficult circumstances, “the letter read.
The letter identifies the need for assistance that Lithuania currently needs, especially for border protection: the physical barrier and the monitoring equipment.
EU Member States are invited to contribute with these measures and help Lithuania to resolve this extraordinary migration crisis at the EU-Belarus border.
On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda and other officials in charge of the country will meet with Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs. The Commissioner arrives Sunday on a two-day visit.
As noted by the Presidency, the meeting will also discuss the situation on Lithuania’s border with Belarus, the assistance and support from the EU that Lithuania needs to manage the crisis of illegal migration: additional human and financial resources, mediation of the EU with the countries of origin of the immigrants. .
“The involvement of the EU institutions and assistance to solve the problem of illegal immigration is very important for Lithuania. It is gratifying that both the leaders of the EU member states and the European Commission express their solidarity with Lithuania and recognize the role of the Lukashenko regime in orchestrating this artificial migration crisis, ”says the president.
In the past two days, another 261 migrants who illegally crossed the Belarusian-Lithuanian border have been detained in Lithuania, the total number of whom has reached 3,545 this year.
A large portion of those detained seek to enter Western European countries through Lithuania, according to border guards.
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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