The European Commission approved an aid package to Lithuania, Latvia and Poland due to the refugee situation , Latvia and Poland against the background of the migration crisis on the border with Belarus. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the EC press secretary Dana Spinant.
“The European Commissioners' Board approved proposals for temporary emergency measures for Latvia, Lithuania and Poland related to the situation on the border with Belarus,” she said during the briefing on Wednesday. What will be included in this aid package will be known later.
In early November, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said that the European Commission should take measures to secure the Polish-Belarusian border from the flow of migrants from Belarus. He also expressed support for the Polish authorities, which, according to him, responded correctly to the migration crisis.