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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Lithuania seeks compensation from Belarus for migrant crisis

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Lithuania is seeking up to 120 million euros in compensation from Belarus, accusing its eastern neighbor of orchestrating the immigration of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East.

Since 2021, when the European Union imposed sanctions on Belarus and its longtime authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, the number of people seeking to cross into Lithuania and enter the EU has dramatically increased.

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