What are the main ingredients of James Bond movies? A handsome actor playing the protagonist, and a script involving the villain’s new plan to blackmail and conquer the world.
At this stage, we suspect that at least one villain in the world fits this description. And he is in Europe.
in a InterviewThe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania told EURACTIV that the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko used refugees as weapons in the hybrid war to destabilize Lithuania. Lithuania is the country where Belarusian opposition representatives are located.
In the past six months, the number of migrants illegally crossing the border into Lithuania was 21 times that of the whole of 2020. Nearly 1,700 immigrants entered Lithuania from Belarus this year, and more than 1,000 of them were in July alone.
Half of them claimed to be Iraqi citizens, while the others were from Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, Iran and Afghanistan.
Lithuania believes that Lukashenko used refugees as weapons and said that official travel entities such as airlines appear to be cooperating.
The Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis listed airlines that transfer people from Baghdad to Istanbul or from Istanbul to Minsk, as well as travel agencies registered in several countries. These travel agencies are Human trafficking provides considerable profits.
Quickly check cheap tickets online, you can see the names of several airlines connecting from Istanbul to Minsk, and a one-way ticket starts at 106 euros. Even if they suspect that all tickets are sold to people with valid visas, the number of tourists who want to travel to Belarus is staggering.
For a small country like Lithuania that has no experience in dealing with refugee flows, this mixed attack has the potential to destabilize that cannot be underestimated.
Lukashenko is condemning Lithuania, but he may also punish the entire EU for imposing sanctions.
If he wants to take advantage of human suffering, the last dictator in Europe may soon have new ammunition.
The recent withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan may trigger a new wave of asylum seekers from this troubled country. According to international law, they cannot simply be rejected.
Moreover, with the help of shortcuts provided by Lithuania’s official airlines and travel agencies, the immigrants can arrive in a few days instead of months.
The risk is real. The EU clearly cannot learn from the 2015 immigration crisis. There are many promises to “undermine the business model of human traffickers,” but there is little evidence that these efforts have been successful.
However, it should not be difficult to severely sanction any airlines or travel companies that may be caught selling their services to people who do not have the visas required to enter the EU, thereby facilitating illegal immigration.
Now is the time for Josep Borrell and Charles Michel to decide who will wear the James Bond costume and save Europe.
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[Edited by Zoran Radosavljevic]
