VILNIUS - Lithuanian Deputy Interior Minister Elvinas Jankevicius is “cautious” about Brussels’ proposals to impose financial sanctions on EU member states that refuse to take in migrants, saying that helping refugees should not be likened to an exchange.
In the official’s words, the European Commission’s proposal to impose a sanction of 250,000 euros per refugee is not compatible with the notion of helping people who are fleeing war.
“As to the pay-off possibility, we believe that when we speak about help to refugees, we shoul...
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