Lithuania fumbles with 4,200 migrants, pushing human rights aside
Lithuania fumbles with 4,200 migrants, pushing human rights aside
Author(s): Linas JegeleviciusSubject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Lithuania; Migrants; Illegal migration; conservative-liberal government; Human rights;
Summary/Abstract: As of September 28th 2021, 4,163 migrants have illegally crossed Lithuania’s border with Belarus. To deter migrants – now and for good – Lithuania has pinned its hopes on a fence along the frontier.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 06 (49)
- Page Range: 107-113
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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