(AFP) With a pair of binoculars, a German police officer working for the EU border agency Frontex scans an empty field crossed by the Belarus-Lithuania border on the lookout for migrants.
The Baltic EU member state has seen more than 2,000 arrivals since the start of the year across the border from Belarus.
Most of the migrants are from Iraq, and Lithuanian officials suspect the influx is being orchestrated by the Russia-backed Belarusian regime as retaliation against EU sanctions.
“I arrived on July 1 and the situation has been interesting from the start because it is very tense,” said the guard, who gave his name only as Mike in line with Frontex policy.
