EU border agency Frontex vows additional support for Lithuania amid migrant crisis

EU border agency Frontex vows additional support for Lithuania amid migrant crisis
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The Lithuanian government has accused Belarus of using migration as a weapon
EU border agency Frontex said Saturday it would ramp up its support for Lithuania next week, as the country deals with an increase in migrants crossing its border.
EU border agency Frontex vows additional support for Lithuania amid migrant crisis
What will Frontex do?
"We are ready to strengthen our level of support and deploy more European standing corps officers and equipment. We are speeding up and beefing up what was already planned," Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said in a statement. "And in close cooperation with the Lithuanian authorities we are preparing furthermore a Rapid Border Intervention."

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