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This introductory chapter situates the 2021 Lithuania–Belarus border crisis within the wider fortification of Europe and the erosion of humanitarian norms in EU migration governance. It outlines how Lithuania’s adoption of pushbacks, prolonged emergency measures, and securitising rhetoric reflects broader regional dynamics rather than national exceptionalism. Drawing on the authors’ direct engagement during the crisis, the chapter introduces the study’s mixed-methods approach and explains why Lithuania provides a revealing case for examining how antiimmigrant hostility emerges in a context with little prior immigration. It also foregrounds the historical, geopolitical, and societal factors that shape public attitudes, and maps the chapter structure that guides the analysis.

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    2026年

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  • Benjamin Nangle,
  • Giedrė Blažyte

摘要

This introductory chapter situates the 2021 Lithuania–Belarus border crisis within the wider fortification of Europe and the erosion of humanitarian norms in EU migration governance. It outlines how Lithuania’s adoption of pushbacks, prolonged emergency measures, and securitising rhetoric reflects broader regional dynamics rather than national exceptionalism. Drawing on the authors’ direct engagement during the crisis, the chapter introduces the study’s mixed-methods approach and explains why Lithuania provides a revealing case for examining how antiimmigrant hostility emerges in a context with little prior immigration. It also foregrounds the historical, geopolitical, and societal factors that shape public attitudes, and maps the chapter structure that guides the analysis.