The Lithuanian-Belarussian border is littered with the bodies of migrants, who have died trying to enter the EU, human rights groups have alleged.
Sienos Grupe, a Lithuanian humanitarian organisation, has collected a list of around 30 people, whose families lost contact with them on Europe’s eastern frontier.
The group is working hard to help loved ones find their missing relatives, piecing together information and grimly scouring refugee camps, hospitals and morgues.
Much of what is happening slips under the radar, they say, as migrants and their families are often too scared to come forward, fearing a run-in with the law — and the transience of people on the move makes it doubly difficult for them to seek help.
