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During the day, that is, all of Saturday, the border guards detained 41 migrants from Belarus who crossed the border illegally, according to preliminary data. A total of 2,064 illegal immigrants were detained on the border with Belarus from midnight this Saturday to Sunday.
Of the 41 foreigners detained on Saturday, 30 presented themselves as Iraqi citizens or had Iraqi documents.
The migrants will be tested for COVID-19 and isolated until the results are available. The circumstances of the events are clarified, investigations are carried out. Asylum seekers have been notified by the Department of Migration, which processes such applications.
This year, 2,064 illegal immigrants tried to enter Lithuania from Belarus until midnight from Saturday to Sunday. This figure is 25 times higher than in 2020. In July alone, border guards detained 1,403 migrants. There were 473 in June, 77 in May, 70 in April, and 8 in March.
Among those detained on the border with Belarus this year are mostly Iraqi nationals or foreigners who have come forward: 1,090. There are also 179 citizens from the Congo, 121 from Cameroon, 78 from Guinea, 74 from Iran, 70 from Russia and other countries.
A large part of the detainees seek to enter Western European countries through Lithuania.
With the recent sharp increase in the number of such cases, SBGS has strengthened border security with Belarus. In addition to various organizational measures, officials from other SBGS units were assigned to this section and additional technical resources were assigned. In addition, the border guards were assisted by forces from other Lithuanian institutions, including the army, as well as officials from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency FRONTEX and Estonia.
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