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Farid Ahmad fled the war in Afganistan last year in the hope of reaching Germany. |
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"There are agents who charge $3.000 per person - that's what I paid," he said. "There are thousands in Moscow and Belarus illegaly who want to come to the West. The ones who take them across are locals - Russians, Belarussians, ones who know the border best" |
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The expansion of the European Union gives these new borders a critical importance. Poland is set to join within the next five years. its border with Lithuania will form the outer frontier of the EU. |
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Paradoxically, it is Lithuania's best guarded border - with Poland - that is giving the EU greatest cause for concern. And the pickings for organised crime are that much greater. The traffic in human beings is growing and much of it is coming this way. |
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