Lithuania mulls state of emergency on Polish border to stop migrants


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Dec 2021

FILE PHOTO: Servicemen of the Lithuanian Armed Forces look on during Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda's visit in Druskininkai, Lithuania November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Janis Laizans/File Photo

(corrects paragraph 6 to show government is to ask on Friday, not Wednesday)

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania's government said on Wednesday it would ask parliament to declare a state of emergency on its border with Poland from Dec. 10 as part of efforts to prevent the smuggling of migrants.

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