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The EU Agency for External Border Security will conduct an emergency operation on the border of Lithuania and Belarus in connection with the migration crisis. Information about the upcoming operation appeared on the official website of the department.
The report emphasizes that the agency has already sent officers and equipment to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border on July 1. Now additional forces will be sent to help them-border guards, patrol cars and specialists for interviewing migrants.
The Agency will send its officers and specialists from the EU countries to the border of Lithuania and Belarus. According to the statistics of the department, since the beginning of July, more than 800 illegal immigrants have crossed the border of Lithuania from Belarus. Most of the migrants are citizens of Guinea, Congo, Gambia, Senegal and Mali.
It was also previously reported that the European Union will send helicopters to control the borders of Lithuania. President of the Republic Gitanas Nauseda noted that this is necessary to tighten border control. Lithuanian servicemen have started building a fence on the border with Belarus.
In early July, Lithuania introduced an emergency regime in connection with the influx of illegal migrants who arrive in the country from Belarus. Mostly illegal immigrants come from the Middle East. The number of migrants has increased tenfold compared to 2020.