ASSESSMENTS

The Migrant Crisis Spreads to the Baltics

Mar 16, 2016 | 09:00 GMT

People protest against the arrival of migrants in Latvia near The Freedom Monumnet in Riga on September 22, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ILMARS ZNOTINS (Photo credit should read ILMARS ZNOTINS/AFP/Getty Images)
The Baltic states are preparing for the arrival of migrants at their borders, as restrictions limit passage along the Balkans corridor.

(ILMARS ZNOTINS/AFP/Getty Images)

Summary

As the European Union contends with a lingering migrant crisis, the Baltic region is beginning to feel the effects. On March 14, the head of Lithuania's State Border Guard Service, Renatas Pozela, said the country could become a transit point for migrants heading to Western or Northern Europe as paths through the Balkan corridor become more limited. Military and security cooperation between the Baltic states and Poland has already grown in response to the Ukraine crisis. Now the migrant crisis will prompt even greater security collaboration in the region.  

As the European Union contends with a lingering migrant crisis, the Baltic region is beginning to feel the effects. On March 14, the head of Lithuania's State Border Guard Service, Renatas Pozela, said the country could become a transit point for migrants heading to Western or Northern Europe as paths through the Balkan corridor become more limited. Military and security cooperation between the Baltic states and Poland has already grown in response to the Ukraine crisis. Now the migrant crisis will prompt even greater security collaboration in the region. ...

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