30/08/2022 (Agence Europe) – The Lithuanian government announced in a statement on Monday 29 August that the last segments of the physical barrier were installed at the end of last week on the border between Lithuania and Belarus. Agreed upon in August 2021 in response to the first attempts by Minsk to instrumentalise migration, this 4-metre high and approximately 550 km long barrier “should help stop the influx of illegal migrants into Lithuania. The physical barrier will certainly help the border guards to fight illegal immigration more effectively and the increasing migration influxes once again recorded daily”, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said in the press release. The total length of the Lithuanian border with Belarus is 679 km. When approached by the countries bordering Belarus, the Commission has always refused to fund any fencing projects. (SP)