Nine foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus over the past four days, from 29 March to 1 April, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports. All the attempts were made on Monday.
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Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.
The staff of Lithuania's detention center for illegal migrants do not speak foreign languages, detained families with children are held behind bars and not all of the children living there attend school, an investigation has revealed.
Lithuanian border guards detained three illegal migrants who arrived in Vilnius Airport on a flight from Greece on Sunday, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said on Monday.
Illegal migrants coming from Belarus were the biggest problem for Lithuania a couple of years ago, but the direction of illegal migration flows has changed and an increasing number of illegals now cross Lithuania's border from Latvia, the commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said o...
Lithuania could become the new entry point for migrants coming to the European Union and the country's authorities must prepare for the potentiality, says the new minister of the interior.
Europe must, at least temporarily, close its doors to economic migrants according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, because it is clear to her that the European Union's states cannot “absorb” and integrate such a large number of arrivals.
After the European Union cut off migrant routes via Libya to Italy and agreed with Turkey to stem migrant flows across the Aegean to Greece, the Baltic States fear that migrants from the Middle East might discover new routes via Russia, making them their gateway to the European Union.
As the European Union blocks the flow of illegal immigrants from Libya to Italy and negotiates similar agreements in Turkey and Greece, some fear that migrants may try a new approach towards entering the European Union that would take them through Russia and potentially the Baltic states.
Lithuanian carriers are being hit by significant losses caused by migrants trying to get to the UK on trucks illegally, with Lithuanian drivers calling the situation in Calais a war zone, reports LRT.
Lithuanian border police arrested an illegal immigrant from Iraq and a Finnish citizen allegedly trying to smuggle him through Lithuania on Friday.
The number of Lithuanians concerned about illegal migration has rocketed in the last year, with 19% of Lithuanians choosing illegal migration as the most important public security issue, according to a new survey.
The dropping value of the currencies of Russia and Belarus has forced some migrant workers from these countries to make their way to Lithuania, mostly illegally, the State Border Guard Service says.
The driver of the Lithuania-registered truck that was pulled over in France with 11 migrants aboard is a citizen of Russia, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry confirmed to BNS on Wednesday.
A Lithuania-registered truck carrying 11 illegal migrants was detained in Poitiers, western France, on Monday, the Lithuanian Embassy to France confirmed to BNS.
Lithuanian border guards on Thursday handed over eight migrants from Iraq to their Polish counterparts, the State Border Guard Service said.
Lithuanian border guards from Kalvarija Frontier Station on the Polish border on Wednesday detained four illegal immigrants from Vietnam accompanied by one Russian and three Latvian citizens, Lithuania's State Border Guard Service said on Thursday.
Lithuania's Ministry of the Interior on Monday presented the government with a draft proposal which suggests accepting up to 200 refugees by 2018 in an effort to contribute to the resolution of the Mediterranean refugee crisis.
Lithuania could take in 250 refugees as a voluntary contribution to the European Union's efforts to alleviate the Mediterranean migrant crisis, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. According to him, the number of 250 refugees, which the Lithuanian president recently mentioned, matches the countr...
Emigration from Lithuania has been on a decline, while more illegal immigrants have been crossing into Lithuania on their way to more prosperous destinations in Western Europe.
