Lithuania announced plans to build a barrier on the Belarus border and deploy troops to prevent migrants from crossing into the country, the BBC reported Wednesday.
Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said over 1,000 migrants had been detained after crossing the border since June 1, according to the BBC. In contrast, Lithuanian border guards said they only detained 81 illegal migrants crossing into its southern border in all of 2020.
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