(VOVworld) – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are tightening ID controls and erecting fences on their eastern borders, worrying that the Baltic region will become a new entry point for refugees as migrant routes through the Balkans becomes more difficult.

Estonia is to build a fence along its eastern border with Russia. (Photo: Csaba Segesvari/AFP)

Latvia and Estonia have begun to fence off their borders with Russia fearing that thousands of migrants may enter their territory from Russia.  Estonia is installing monitoring systems like Lithuania’s on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. Meanwhile, in Lithuania, hundreds of border guards, police and military forces reintroduced ID checking on the Lithuanian border with Latvia.