The president of Belarus has ordered the country’s security forces to tighten control over the border with Lithuania, which had begun turning away migrants attempting to cross from Belarus earlier this week.
Al Jazeera: Belarus to close border as Lithuania turns away migrants
Belarus border guards are seen patrolling behind the border fence during a protest action of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) against the arbitrary detention of Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich and nearly twenty other reporters, at the Lithuanian-Belarus border in Salcininkai, Lithuania on May 27, 2021.
