The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced expounding measures to counter the illegal immigration crisis at the EU border with Belarus. Speaking on Tuesday at the European Parliament, von der Leyen said that the EU Commission would allocate additional funding to provide humanitarian aid to illegal immigrants in Belarus, facilitate their repatriation, and improve border protection. She also proposed to create a watchlist for all entities and individuals involved in the transportation of illegal immigrants to the EU border. Von der Leyen described the surge of aliens trying to illegally cross the European Union’s eastern borders with Belarus as an attempt of the Belarusian regime, led by Alexander Lukashenko, to try to destabilize the EU. The strategy of Lukashenko’s regime is to lure people to the border with the help of human traffickers and smugglers, and criminal networks, the leader of the 27-nation bloc continued. “This is …