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“SBGS officials know that migrants know where the border checkpoints are,” Rokas Pukinskas, a spokesman for the service, told BNS.
Currently, access to Lithuania is only possible through border crossings; elsewhere, migrants are deterred and sent back to Belarusian territory. Special measures are also allowed for this purpose.
The SBGS also claims that border guards hear the shots on the Belarusian side, but it is unclear why the shots are taking place.
“The border guards hear the shots on the Belarusian side, but cannot fully confirm the reasons for the shooting in the air. There is a Belarusian military training ground nearby, where the exercises are taking place,” said a representative from SBGS.
Vytautas Valentinavičius, head of the Human Rights Office of the Seimas Ombudsman’s Office, who visited the border near Druskininkai on Friday night, said border guards did not inform the migrants about border controls.
He says that in the morning he saw border guards trying to dissuade a group of 45 migrants who had been returned to Belarus, but stayed at the border and applied for admission to Lithuania.
“A group of people stand in line and wait, asking, ‘How can we legally enter Lithuania?’ (How can we legally enter Lithuania? – BNS) Officials shout – “go away” (BNS), ”wrote V. Valentinavičius on Facebook on Friday.
He, who carried out the prevention of torture at the border, also said that shots were heard from the Belarusian side near the place where a group of 34 people crossed the border.
“Unfortunately, the Lithuanian border guards can no longer return these people to the same place, because at 5.30 am the shots of the Belarusian border guards are heard in the air, the Belarusian border guards are displayed with helmets, bananas and shields. The shots in the air are not silenced, so, unable to return this group of people to the same place, Lithuanian officials put them on a bus and took them to border sign 125-126, where people disembarked and he shouted “come on, come on, go.” go – BNS) to accompany Belarus. Accompanied by shouts of officers and soldiers, the migrants slowly moved towards Belarus, “said a representative of the Seimas Ombudsman’s Office.
BNS could not be reached with V. Valentinavičius on Friday.
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