Thousands of migrants have crossed into EU from Belarus
Roundtable
English - July 28, 2021 15:02 - 25 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews roundtable discussion interview politics current affairs foreign affairs economy news current events debates heated discussions Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On the eastern fringes of Europe, on the border with Belarus, Lithuania is building a 550 km-long razor-wire wall to stop a sudden flow of migrants into its country. And it’s the very speed with which this influx has happened that has led to accusations that Belarus’ President is using the migrants to keep himself in power and put pressure on the EU to lift sanctions.So, is Alexander Lukashenko - with Russian help - actually flying in the men, women and children - and using them as political pawns?
GUESTS:
One on one
Mantas Adomenas
Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Panel:
Dovile Sakaliene
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament
Pavel Havlicek
Association for International Affairs
Katsiaryna Shmatsina
Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies