The Commissioner of the Interior of the European Commission Ilva Johansson criticized the practice of Lithuania on the expulsion of migrants and refused to pay for the construction of a fence on the border of Lithuania and Belarus. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
Speaking at the “Border Management Conference” in Lithuania, she agreed that the EU countries have the right to strengthen their borders at their own expense. “Financing of fences and wire barriers is not our position,” the official noted.
also Johansson called “definitely illegal” the practice of Lithuania on the expulsion of migrants. The European Commissioner indicated that people have the right to ask for refuge.
The migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the European Union began at the end of May 2021. Large groups of illegal migrants from Africa and the Middle East began to storm the borders of Lithuania, Poland and Latvia in the hope of getting refuge. The authorities of European states believe that the organization of transportation is Minsk, which uses its national tour operator “Centerkurort” to provoke a migration crisis and provide political pressure on Brussels.
On December 20, it became known that the representatives of the Amnesty International human rights organization accused the Belarusian and Polish security forces in cruelty in relation to the illegals. In particular, they revealed the facts to escape refugees by dogs, beating the butt and refusing to miss them into the country, despite dangerous weather conditions.