FILE PHOTO: Lithuanian army soldiers install razor wire on the border with Belarus in Druskininkai, Lithuania July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Janis Laizans/File Photo
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Lithuanian parliament will on Tuesday debate whether to build a high metal fence topped with razor wire on its border with Belarus to stop migrants who have been crossing in record numbers.
Rising numbers of migrants have reached Lithuania, Latvia and Poland from Belarus in recent weeks. Authorities in those countries have accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of using them to put pressure on the EU to reverse sanctions against his country.
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