Panorama of Vilnius MOSCOW, Jan 21 Commissioner for Internal Affairs of the European Commission Ylva Johansson criticized Lithuania's practice of expulsion migrants and confirmed that the EC will not finance the construction of a fence on the border between Lithuania and Belarus. Lithuania is hosting a “Border Management Conference”, which is attended by delegations from 29 countries, the head of the European border protection agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, representatives of Europol and other organizations .
The protesters booed the Lithuanian Prime Minister during his speech»The expulsion of migrants is definitely illegal, people have the right to apply for asylum… it should be clear what are the exceptions in these emergencies are possible for Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, and which ones are not,» Johansson LRT (Lithuanian Radio and Television) quotes. The European Commissioner also confirmed that the EC will not sanction the construction of a fence on the border between Lithuania and Belarus. «If countries want to build a fence, they can do it … but financing fences and wire fences is not our position,» she said. Last year, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland reported an increase in the number of detained illegal migrants from the Middle East and Africa on the border with Belarus, Minsk was accused of creating a migration crisis. Minsk denies all accusations. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko noted that Minsk would no longer hold back the flow of illegal migrants to the EU countries: due to Western sanctions, there is «neither money nor strength» for this. The border guards of Belarus have repeatedly announced the forcible expulsion of migrants by Lithuania, Poland and Latvia to Belarusian territory. Belaruskali»
