"So that people can survive": Lithuanians pack food and clothes for migrants their country kicks out

Volunteer Ignas Subacius at Lithuanian border guard headquarters cuts burning sticks for migrants entering from Belarus before they are pushed out of the country in Mickunai, Lithuania. Picture taken on November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

MICKUNAI, Lithuania (Reuters) - A group of five volunteers in a garage near the Lithuanian capital are packing matches, hand and feet warmers, a cup and a spoon into plastic bags to be handed out to migrants their country will push back out into Belarus.

"It will not overturn the plight of the migrants, but this is the best that I can do. So I try to help", said Domantas Zekas, working among messy piles of boxes of food, clothes and other supplies which are packed by whoever turns up on the day.