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In the Ignalina district, border guards at the Tverečius Firebreak detained a group of 12 immigrants who had just entered Lithuania illegally from Belarus. Subsequently, nine men and three women with Iraqi passports applied for asylum.
In the snow, border patrols detected traces of people going from the state border with Belarus to the village of Lazinkai.
On Tuesday, immediately after midnight, Tverečius border guard officers from the SBGS Vilnius border team patrolled the border with Belarus near the village of Lazinkai in the Ignalina district. In the snow, they noticed traces of people going from the state border with Belarus to Lazinkai.
They were followed by SBGS officials to an uninhabited house in the village. Through the windows you could see the spotlights and the silhouettes of people shining in it. Upon entering the house, border guards found 12 people in a room.
Their inspection revealed that 9 men and 3 women had passports of Iraqi citizens who did not have Schengen visas.
Border guards also identified the place where illegal immigrants crossed the border from Belarus. They broke into the house, apparently to warm up, and probably spent a few minutes in it.
Photo by SBGS / Traces left by detained migrants
The border guards took the migrants to the Tverečius firebreak. On Tuesday, Iraqis applied for asylum in Lithuania. The border guards of the Migration Division of the Vilnius Border Guard Team of the SBGS have initiated the initial actions of the asylum procedure. The Migration Department, which handles these asylum applications, was informed.
The aliens have been tested for COVID-19. The answers will address the issue of Iraqi accommodation.
The detainees were transferred to special premises for asylum seekers at the Švenčionys border guard.
Due to the illegal crossing of the state border, a pre-trial investigation was launched at the Vilnius Border Guard Team of the SBGS.
December 11 Tverečius Firewall agents had detained 10 Iraqi citizens who had just arrived from Belarus and on January 22. – 14 more Iraqis.
In both cases, migrants who crossed the border illegally in Ignalina district applied for asylum in Lithuania.
The number of illegal immigrants trying to enter Lithuania or through it to other Western countries has been decreasing in recent years. 2018 SBGS officials detained 331 of those foreigners. – 167, 2020 – 116.
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