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The protection of state borders must be stepped up in the wake of the ongoing influx of illegal immigrants, Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.
Saulius Skvernelis
Saulius Skvernelis
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In his words, illegal immigrants from Europe's southern countries, being detained in Lithuania, is one "of the arguments that we in fact should step up protection of the state's borders".

"To do that we need to put more officers in place. We have an internal border and we cannot install a b

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