Lithuania final week accomplished its four-metre-high, 550km-long border fence with Belarus, costing round €150m. The controversial barrier goals to cease irregular migrants from crossing into Lithuania from Belarus. The European Courtroom of Justice in June discovered Lithuanian laws permitting mass detention and stopping asylum requests for irregular arrivals in violation of EU regulation. Rights teams like Amnesty have additionally faulted Lithuania’s abusive practices towards migrants.
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