Russia’s War(s): Immigration Weapon

Moscow is well aware of the destabilizing effect of illegal immigration and, as a form of hybrid warfare, both Russia and its puppet state, Belarus, have been making remarkably easy for illegal migrants to reach the EU through their normally heavily guarded borders. Some European states are reacting.

Reuters (July 2004):

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Moscow is well aware of the destabilizing effect of illegal immigration and, as a form of hybrid warfare, both Russia and its puppet state, Belarus, have been making remarkably easy for illegal migrants to reach the EU through their normally heavily guarded borders. Some European states are reacting.

Reuters (July 2004):