In Lithuania, they decided to exhibit blocks with military equipment near the camps with illegal migrants. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, Komsomolskaya Pravda writes.
It is about migrants from Asia and Africa, which illegally fall into Lithuania from the territory of Belarus.
The department stressed that the Lithuanian authorities will use armored vehicles to protect camps if necessary.
Previously, the Deputy of the Seimas and the leader of the opposition party “Union of Peasants and Green Lithuania” Saulus Schversalis suggested returning a state of emergency in Lithuania due to the influx of illegal migrants from Belarus. According to him, a sharp increase in their number requires urgent mobilization of state resources and local governments.
July 26, in the State Protection Service, Lithuanian borders reported that this month Lithuanian border guards detained 100 times more illegal migrants from Belarus than in January.