{"id":976702,"date":"2021-11-06T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T17:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=976702"},"modified":"2021-11-06T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T17:13:44","slug":"lithuania-begins-wall-construction-along-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lithuania-begins-wall-construction-along-belarus-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania Begins Wall Construction Along Belarus Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flithuania-begins-wall-construction-along-belarus-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=976702&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1234069421-e1636139731528-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Lithuanian government has begun constructing a steel border wall along its frontier with Belarus in order to stem the flow of illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltic country began construction on the wall, which is an 11-foot high steel wall with razor wire above it, last week as part of an effort to halt the flow of illegals. The Lithuanian government has set aside&nbsp;\u20ac152 million (\u00a3130 million\/$175 million) to complete the barrier, which is expected to stretch for 300 miles,&nbsp;by September of next year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Virgilijus Raugale, the chief border guard in southern Lithuania, commented on the border wall project, saying in comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/lithuania-starts-building-first-european-wall-ward-off-migrants-belarus-2021-11-04\/\">reported<\/a> by Reuters on Thursday: \u201cIt\u2019s probably impossible to build a totally unpassable obstacle, so I think that this barrier can too be overcome. But that would take a long time, and we would be able to react.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October alone, Lithuania has claimed that it prevented 2,300 migrants from entering the country. Before August, when border officials started returning migrants to Belarus, the country had seen over 4,000 people enter illegally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9607843137255\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Polish Lawmakers Back Border Wall with Belarus to Stop Surge of Migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHJcT3dgO1\">https:\/\/t.co\/fHJcT3dgO1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1454387605118746624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The 300-mile border barrier will also include video surveillance equipment to monitor various areas.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Polish lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/30\/polish-lawmakers-back-border-wall-belarus-stop-surge-illegals\/\">agreed<\/a> to fund their own border wall on their frontier with Belarus as well, granting \u20ac348 million (\u00a3298 million\/$402 million) for its construction. The barrier is set to cover 250 miles.<\/p>\n<p>Poland has also seen a surge of illegal migrant arrivals from Belarus in recent months, with the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/02\/poland-declares-state-of-emergency-on-border-with-belarus-over-illegal-arrivals\/\">declaring a state of emergency<\/a> in the regions by the border in September.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Polish parliament also passed laws allowing border guards to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/16\/poland-passes-law-to-turn-away-migrants-at-border-and-build-a-wall\/\">turn away migrants at the frontier<\/a>&nbsp;and return them to the countries from which they came illegally. The legislation also states that authorities may ignore the asylum requests of those who have illegally crossed into Poland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9337748344371\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">EU Commissioner: \u2018Desperate\u2019 Belarus Profiting From Migrant Crisis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dXa3ZyDDbR\">https:\/\/t.co\/dXa3ZyDDbR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1450801724101312512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The situation on the Polish-Belarusian border remains tense, with fresh accusations by Poland that Belarus had staged an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/poland-says-belarus-staged-armed-intrusion-border-summons-envoy-2021-11-03\/\">armed border intrusion<\/a> on Monday, claiming that uniformed, armed Belarusians had crossed the border.<\/p>\n<p>Poland then summoned Belarusian envoy Alexander Chesnovsky to explain the situation, the third time in a month Polish authorities have summoned the envoy.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Poland accused a Belarusian soldier of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/poland-accuses-belarus-more-border-provocations-amid-migrant-crisis-2021-11-05\/\">attempting to fire flares<\/a> at Polish border troops.<\/p>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lithuanian government has begun constructing a steel border wall along its frontier with Belarus in order to stem the flow of illegal migrants. 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