They wanted to escape the Alien Registration Center, border guards used tear gas



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The State Border Guard Service (SBGS) reported that when the lodged foreigners disobeyed border guards’ demands and tried to escape from the center, SBGS officials used tear gas and fired two shots into the air with a bomb pistol. Nobody needed medical help.

A group of so-called tent camps housed a shelter

According to preliminary data, the plaintiffs began to express their dissatisfaction with the legal situation in Lithuania and the restrictions applied by the court.

“These are dozens of foreigners, who probably began to behave aggressively enough, made noise, tried to leave the Alien Registration Center and disobeyed the requirements of the border guards on duty,” said BNS Alexander Kislov, director of the center. . .

According to him, the foreigners returned to the tents very soon, the situation returned to normal.

LRT TV reports that after detaining six Iraqi nationals for two days, who incorrectly provided data when applying for asylum, their compatriots in the center became angry, gathered in a large group, shouted and demanded the release of the Iraqis.

Kislov confirmed to BNS that “most of them are Iraqi citizens.”

“Perhaps the situation was already a bit hot because they were dissatisfied with their condition, the majority used an alternative to arrest, so perhaps that last arrest of six foreigners was the last point and they began to express discontent,” he said. A.Kislovas.

He said that preparations for possible riots had been made in advance.

Forces came to the URC from the SBGS Special Purpose Team specially prepared for such incidents, the nearest SBGS firewalls, the police and the Public Safety Service.

Possible initiators of dissatisfaction are currently being identified, isolated and interviewed.



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