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On Saturday, the detainees 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, 2,603 illegal immigrants tried to enter Lithuania from Belarus until midnight from Saturday to Sunday. This figure is 32 times higher than in 2020. Last year, 81 of these 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 1,942 migrants. There were 473 in June, 77 in May, 70 in April, and 8 in March.
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.
