In Lithuania, they were offered to imprison for 20 years for organizing illegal migration. With such an initiative, the deputy of the Seimas of the country Linas Jonauskas. His words lead in its Telegram-channel “Sputnik near abroad.”
Jonauskas believes that such a measure will be a signal that Lithuania does not intend to put up with illegal activities, which causes damage to the state, to finance additional activities to ensure the protection of the border.
Currently, the punishment for organizing illegal migration in Lithuania ranges from four to ten years in prison.
On September 20, Polish authorities stated that the bodies of three migrants were found not far from the border with Belarus, including women. The cause of death is shown exhaustion and supercooling.
The migration crisis at the borders of Belarus and the European Union began at the end of May. Large groups of illegal migrants from Africa and the Middle East began to storm the boundaries of Lithuania, Poland and Latvia in the hope of obtaining refuge in the European Union. It is assumed that the Belarusian authorities use the National Tour Operator “Centerkurort” to cross the migrants to the EU borders and earn it.