My family had been threatened so had to leave their home.’Sajjad is just one of thousands of migrants being used as pawns in this international power game which has opened a new back door into Europe for migration. There have also been unconfirmed claims that Belarus border guards are telling people where to cross the border and to turn off mobile phones to evade detection. Videos on social media taken inside Lithuania prove some migrants are successful. The idea of weaponising migration against Western democracies has been used previously by dictatorships in Cuba and Libya. In a further sign of ratcheting tensions, however, the Lithuanian government has started pushing back migrants trying to cross the border.

Source: Daily Mail August 08, 2021 00:56 UTC