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SBGS representative Giedrius Mišutis 15 minutes He reported that around the second hour of the night a group of 37 people from the Belarusian side had crossed the border into Lithuania.
“On both sides of the border, the forests are growing and that group just crossed the border,” said G. Mišutis.
It is true that the three people who came together accompanied the people who came and stayed in Belarus and withdrew to the depths of the country. One of them, according to G. Mishutis, could have been wearing a mask, but due to the darkness of the day, it is difficult to confirm.
“They didn’t cross the border, they got together, but they left without even entering Lithuania,” said a representative from SBGS.
According to him, it cannot be ruled out that the three people acted as guides, but their exact role is not yet known.
Meanwhile, migrants entering Lithuania through the Pagaujėnai forest were retreating deep into the country, but were not detained for a short period.
In total, the group consisted of 16 Russian Chechen citizens from Dagestan, families with eight children and 21 men, 17 Afghan citizens and four Indian citizens.
“During that detention, there were nuances that those families stopped, obeyed, everything was in order. And those (men – 15 minutes) they still tried to run, the border guards chased them through the forest until they caught them all, ”said G. Mišutis.
An SBGS helicopter was also raised to search for migrants and reconnoitre the area.
Three Afghans and some Russian citizens have their own documents, the rest have indicated their citizenship verbally.
According to preliminary data, this group consisted of two separate groups, families and men, although they crossed the border together.
In total, more than 1.7 thousand people have already been detained on the border with Belarus this year. migrants who have crossed the border illegally. Border guards detained the fewest migrants in July, on Tuesday, 22.
However, on Wednesday, this figure, according to G. Mishutis, already exceeded fifty. Exact daily data will be provided by SBGS on Thursday morning.
To ensure the protection of the border with Belarus, not only border guards are on duty, but also other internal services, the Lithuanian Armed Forces, as well as officials from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency FRONTEX and Estonia.
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