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Members of the Lithuania State Border Guard Service and police check vehicle near Lithuania-Belarus border in a village Kacergiske, some 120 km (74.9 miles) northeast of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. The Lithuanian parliament decided on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency in its border region with Belarus. It comes into effect on Wednesday and marks the first time the legal regime has been used in the country since independence. EU members Poland and Lithuania have been struggling to cope with an unusually high number of migrants arriving at their borders with Belarus in recent months.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)