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“The highest number of days this year was 171, it was reached last Tuesday. They are now 255 and still almost a quarter ahead of the day. This number is likely to increase ” 15 minutes Giedrius Mišutis, advisor to the State Border Guard Service (SBGS), commented.
This number of people illegally crossed the border into Lithuania from midnight on Sunday until 6pm.
G. Mišutis is not inclined to associate such activity of migrants with the weekend; He emphasized that all services work in the usual way and do not rest on the weekend.
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“Traffic growth is the main reason here. It is difficult to predict anything, but in a single week, the daily record is improving for two days, indicating a trend that the pressure will stay the same or increase. I couldn’t see much downward trends, “said G. Mišutis.
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The total number of people who entered Lithuania illegally from Belarus this year has already exceeded 3.5 thousand.
Until then, most of the migrants were trapped within Druskininkai municipality, but after Tuesday’s arrests, Šalčininkai district became such a place.
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Since the beginning of the year, Lithuanian border guards have detained more than 3.5 thousand. migrants who have crossed the border illegally. Last year, 81 of those foreigners were detained across the border from Lithuania.
Among those arrested on the border with Belarus this year are mostly Iraqi citizens or foreigners who came forward: 2,299. Also arrested were 191 Congolese, 129 Cameroonians, 100 Syrians, 90 Russians, 88 Iranians, 79 Guineans, 79 Afghans, 63 Belarusians, 62 Indians and other citizens.
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