EUROPEAN FORTRESS: Baltic state completes ‘anti-migrant fence’ on RUSSIAN border
LATVIA has completed the first stages of protecting EU borders after erecting a 14-mile fence along the Russian border to stop illegal migrants entering the European Union.
By CHARLIE PEAT
Express.co.uk
Sun, Feb 5, 2017
The Baltic state is set to add another 37 miles this year, the country’s State Border Guard spokeswoman Jevgenija Poznaka confirmed.
He said: “The construction was started back in 2015, and we are planning to finish it by 2019. Forty miles of the border zone was built up, and the 14-mile fence was constructed.”
The fence stands at 2.7 metres tall and will also include barbed wire on top as Latvia looks to protect itself and the EU from migrants coming into the superstate.
The fence will stand around 20cm taller than the planned “Great Estonian Wall” which is expected to be only 2.5 metres in height.
According to Delfi news agency, Riga has received almost £1.6million from Brussels to help construct the first part of the protective measure.
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