"There are 329 migrants in Lithuania at the moment, but the number changes daily as they leave. Three fail to return, then seven. They are melting like snow in the spring," Giedrius Misutis, spokesman for the SBGS, told BNS.
In his words, 640 foreigners have left voluntarily for their countries of origin so far this year, while another 15 have been forcibly returned.
"Most of them, of course, are Iraqi citizens," Misutis said.
Around 2,600 migrants have fled their place of accommodation since the start of the year, or have left once they have acquired the right to move. Several hundred more migrants fled or were returned to their countries of origin last year, the SBGS spokesman said.
According to the Migration Department, 139 foreigners were granted asylum.
Almost 4,200 migrants entered Lithuania illegally from Belarus last year. Lithuania calls the influx of migrants from Belarus a year ago a hybrid attack orchestrated by the Minsk regime.