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Border guards detained five Afghans in Lithuania on Tuesday night, who were trying to stay in the country through the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Afghans have been detained some 250 meters from the Lithuanian border with Belarus.
“By the time the state border guards approached the five people who declared that they were Afghan citizens, these people did not have identity documents, like last week, they had copies of their travel documents on their phones,” Liubayev said .
According to him, the border guards immediately called the doctors and the Afghans were inspected. “After the medical examination, it was stated that these people are not at risk to their health. Abrasion was detected on the feet, “the border commander said. The migrants were taken to the Puškai firebreak.
Crossed the border illegally
According to R. Liubajev, the border guards who detained the migrants carried out an additional check and identified the place where they crossed the border. It was established that they came to Lithuania from Belarus prior to their arrest.
“SBGS officials, after the fact of the state border violation, conducted an additional inspection of the border section. The location of the state border violation was determined. That place is fixed. There you can see a swarm of the territory of Belarus, “explained the commander of SBGS.
According to him, an investigation into the violation of the state border is currently underway at a designated location. Liubajev said these migrants did not apply for asylum on Tuesday.
“Their luck is such that, first of all, they will be given the opportunity to apply for and apply for asylum on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. We will not know what their solution will be. If their decision was to apply, the asylum procedure will be started and the migrants will be transferred to the place of accommodation, ”said R. Liubajev.
The border commander later clarified that the migrants were not offered asylum on Tuesday after being detained. According to R. Liubajev, they will be offered asylum on Wednesday.
“They will be informed today, after they get up, they will be offered this opportunity,” he said.
Has already been reversed
These five Afghans had already been detained on Lithuanian territory after the ECHR decision, but were later handed over and returned to Belarus. R. Liubajev said that the service never claimed that these migrants were not on the territory of Lithuania.
“On September 9, those illegal immigrants were also detained at the border. Those migrants are in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. We never claim that they were not in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. They were in Lithuania and were returned because they tried to go to Lithuania illegally, “said R. Liubajev.
He agreed that this time the migrants also crossed the border illegally.
“However, in light of the ECHR ruling, the fact that there were indeed a number of uncertainties that we need to clarify will be the subject of an investigation. If illegal immigrants refuse to apply for asylum, a pre-trial investigation will be launched. for the violation of the state border. If not, we will still have to find out all the circumstances, because in fact that history is replete with various factual circumstances, “said the SBGS Commander.
Last week, on Thursday, the head of SBGS stated that the service had “no objective data that such Afghan citizens are currently on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.”
Vague circumstances
Border guards detained five Afghans in Lithuania on Tuesday night, who were trying to stay in the country through the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Afghans have been detained some 250 meters from Lithuania’s border with Belarus.
These migrants were transported to the Pushu border post, where they were provided with the necessary medical and other assistance.
Officials will later decide whether the migrants will be sent back to Belarus or left in Lithuania. After applying provisional measures, the ECHR last week did not allow Lithuanian border guards to send five Afghans back to Belarus.
However, the Lithuanian authorities claim that there is no objective evidence that Afghans were in Lithuania prior to the ECHR ruling. The migrant lawyer says they were in the country. The migrants themselves told the news portal 15min.lt that they were in Lithuania on September 5 on Tuesday evening.
Lithuania undertakes to lodge a complaint with the ECHR against the protection measures applied.
