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They are concerned about security, but the government assures that foreigners will not be released from the facilities and that they will soon be guarded by soldiers. The frightened villagers say they don’t even know what to do when they meet black foreigners: attack or have tea.
Border guards take 158 immigrants who entered Lithuania illegally to Vydeniai village in Varėna district, which has more than 300 inhabitants. They were detained on Saturday, most of them illegally crossing the border into Lithuania in Druskininkai municipality.
Most of them are African. Unlike Iraqis or Syrians, they do not explain that they are fleeing their lives and confirm that there are economic migrants. Almost everyone tells stories about studying at the University of Grodno, but when conditions worsened, he went to Europe just to seek a better life. Mini and racism.
“It has been very difficult for us to live there, because the political system is very strong there. We as foreign students did not live there like normal locals. Mainly because of the cost of science. It is much smaller for locals and three times higher for foreigners ”, says the migrant.
“My chemistry teacher refused to explain further because we are black. He explained to the Iranian students why his skin was fair. It is not easy to live there. I need a better country where I can study, earn money to study, be safe, have a family, because I’m not too young to get married, ”says another.
Other immigrants from Cameroon say Belarus felt like a prison, disturbed by the views of local Belarusians.
“I decided to come here because I need a better life, a better future, I need to live like a normal person, have documents, a diploma, one day have a family, work, live like everyone else,” says the migrant.
The migrants are housed in a school building, the school itself is no longer operational. They have extra beds and sleeping bags. The men are separated from the women, located on different floors. People should spend 10 days there, a quarantine period. After that, they should be moved to the new tent camp, which will be set up later this week.
Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė says: “This is a number that runs into the thousands, and it will certainly be maintained and ready and the fence and protection will be secured.”
Where it will rise has yet to be announced. If there is coronavirus with migrants, they, like other migrants, will be transferred to the Abromiškės Rehabilitation Center near Elektrėnai.
Varisna District Mayor Algis Kašėta says: “The issue of perimeter fences is relevant, restoration, all logistical matters, protection will be carried out by statutory organizations, the police, the border guard service. military could contribute here. “
Although the locals are few, the appearance of new neighbors became an unpleasant surprise for them.
“Last night we learned that these migrants are already being brought here with us. And what else can be said, well nothing, the people are innocent. We are all different, that’s all, the guests are the guests,” says the resident.
“Have you probably encountered migrants in the past? We live, someone decided, someone did, brought the same thing to the yard to ask for gravel, brought it, threw it away and left. It’s the same here,” says another.
While migrants must be guarded by officials so that they do not leave the school building anywhere, locals do not believe that multiple officers will detain a crowd of 100 and are concerned that Vyden will become a permanent place of illegality. . accommodation.
On Sunday, the former Interior Minister in Vydeniai did not meet with the locals, did not dissipate their anxiety, so the local government arranged a meeting with them today. People asked mostly about security.
“We have not seen blacks, if I am now at night, I do not know, I will be stressed, and not only for me, it will be for each child, we are not used to that type of people,” says the resident.
“I would like to know how to behave, feel safe, I would like to know what to do if I have one, two or three blacks in my garden, or scare them with forks, or invite them to have tea, I would like to have some contact with him,” he says. other.
The government is trying to reassure the people: it will guarantee safety.
Alvydas Verbickas, director of the Varėna municipality administration, says: “Security will be ensured by the police, our statutory officers and the self-government function, we are obliged to build a fence around the perimeter and lighting.”
Alvydas Jurgelevičius, Alytus County Police Chief, says: to help these officials. “
And the border guards are not lying: in 10 days, current neighbors will likely be replaced by new ones.
A. Bilotaitė hopes that an agreement on illegal deportation will soon be reached with some countries, although no one has yet been deported from Lithuania.
“It just came to our attention then. What is happening against Lithuania is very serious. And the Belarusian regime is serious, it has a very serious impact. There are such reflections and some evidence that the Foreigners Registration Centers, as we have them, They are also in Belarus and those people, only of those, even the Foreigners Registration Centers, are deliberately brought to Lithuania, ”said A. Bilotaitė.
1,232 illegal detainees have been detained since the beginning of the year, up from 81 last year. The large influx of newcomers began in June. Thousands of migrants entered Lithuania illegally during that period and only a few days in July. Since the beginning of the year, 31 migrants have arbitrarily left the center of Pabradė, but now all the illegals are being brought to court, allowing border guards to restrict their movement.
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