Lukashenko responds to unfounded accusations of  Belarus' facilitating illegal migration

MINSK, 1 October (BelTA) — Belarus combats illegal migration in accordance with its international obligations and available opportunities, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a ceremony of receiving credentials from ambassadors of foreign countries on 1 October, BelTA has learned.

The president noted that Belarus is often accused groundlessly, for example, of facilitating illegal migration. In this regard, the head of state recalled that Belarus suppresses illegal migration and combats transnational crime in accordance with its international obligations and available opportunities.

"But if any problems related to migration occur, it is not our fault. These problems emerge when some countries invite migrants to come over to them. We take care of people who were forced to flee their countries and seek asylum in the European Union. We do all this without anyone's help, while being under the pressure of illegal sanctions," Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out.