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Of the 92 foreigners arrested Thursday, 73 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 being clarified, investigations are being carried out. Asylum seekers have been notified by the Department of Migration, which processes such applications.
This year, 2,430 illegal immigrants tried to enter Lithuania from Belarus until midnight from Thursday to Friday. That number is 30 times higher than it was in 2020. Last year, 81 of those foreigners were detained at the border with Lithuania. 2019 46 illegal immigrants were caught by border guards in 2018; – 104, 2017 – 72.
This July, border guards detained 1,769 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 citizens or foreigners who have come forward: 1,380. Also detained are 184 Congolese, 124 Cameroonians, 78 Guineans, 77 Afghans, 76 Russians, 74 Iranians, 71 Syrians and other citizens.
Since the beginning of the year, according to preliminary data, most of the migrants were detained in Druskininkai municipality – 586. 540 Belarusian foreigners illegally detained in Šalčininkai district, Varėna – 457, Ignalina – 391, Švenčionys – 201, Lazdijai – 153.
A large part of the detainees seek to enter Western European countries through Lithuania.
With a significant 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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