EU Holds Illegal Immigrant Talks, Accuses Belarus of ‘Hybrid Warfare’

EU Holds Illegal Immigrant Talks, Accuses Belarus of ‘Hybrid Warfare’
Illegal immigrants stand behind a fence inside the newly built refugee camp in the Rudninkai military training ground, some 38 kilometers (23.6 miles) south from Vilnius, Lithuania, on Aug. 4, 2021. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BRUSSELS—European Union ministers are holding emergency talks on Wednesday in response to allegations that Belarus is deliberately sending illegal immigrants to Lithuania as part of a “hybrid warfare” campaign to destabilize the Baltic EU member country.

The ministers are holding a videoconference in a so-called “integrated political crisis response” format. Such meetings are usually called to organize a response to natural disasters or terror attacks. Foreign policy, border, asylum, and law enforcement officials are taking part.