Now the European Union Wants "Build A Wall" With Russia – Breitbart News

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EurActivreports that the 30 million project will be funded largely from the European Union (EU) budget, to which the UK contributes a net 200 million every week.

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Skvernelis claims thefence, which will be erected against the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, will first of all, ensure our economic security, while also solving issues when it comes to illegal migration.

Far from being disappointed by the project,Russian state media reportsKaliningradsgovernor as being eager to secure contracts for the building materials which the 135-kilometre project will require.

The Baltic republic is not a popular destination for migrants, with asylum seekers resettled there from camps in Greece and Turkey complaining that state benefits are not so generous as in Germany or Sweden and attempting to escape to wealthier EU members.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskait has predicted an increase in the number of migrants taking alternative routes into western Europe now that the EU signed a controversial six billion euro deal to stem the flow from Turkey.

The Turkey deal has been a partial success in terms of reducing overall numbers, but the transfer arrangements it included have seen more than three times as many migrants forwarded to the EU as have been returned to Turkey, and the Turkish president looks set to terminate it if his own EU membership bid is not accelerated.

One should not be afraid to say that Europe has to be closed, at least temporarily, especially for economic migrants, Grybauskait told broadcaster LRT. The protection of the EUs external borders should be the European solution.

Lithuanias announcement on the fence comes as the United Statess incoming presidentdenounced the migrant crisis as a catastrophic mistake on the part of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, congratulating the British public on their decision to leave an EUwhich he sums up as basically a vehicle for Germany.

Prior to Trumps election victory, Merkels foreign minister commentedthat building walls is a very bad idea no matter who pays for them.

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