On Friday, 12 July, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) detained 5 citizens of Iran and 13 citizens of Afghanistan that were transferred by the police.
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Irregular migrants did not attempt to cross the border from Belarus to Lithuania in the last 3 days, on 28-30 June, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).
A total of 11 foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus unlawfully over the past four days, from 21 to 24 June, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said. Border guards spotted ten of them on Monday and one on Sunday.
Based on the European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum, Lithuania would have to either accept 158 migrants every year or otherwise pay over EUR 3 million to a special solidarity fund. A public opinion poll shows that a third of Lithuanians would agree with migrant resettlement in Lithuania but a...
Three irregular migrants were prevented from accessing Lithuania via Belarus on Thursday, 9 May, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).
Dictatorships in Russia and Belarus, then a full-scale war that Russia launched against Ukraine pushed millions of people to migrate abroad. The total number of foreigners in Lithuania crossed the record mark of 200,000 last year, according to official data from the Migration Department. How locals ...
On Friday April 19 Lithuanian Delfi and the Nordic Council of Ministers in Lithuania hosted panel conference titled “Baltic Bridge to Alienating Societies: Discovering Shared Values to Ensure Regional Stability”. The conferences organisers invited a number of experts and professional from various sp...
A massive group of illegal migrants have aggressively tried to cross into Poland from Belarus, says Interior Ministry Agnė Bilotaitė, calling the incident an attack orchestrated by the Belarusian regime.
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.
The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) says 19 foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus over the past day, 19 March.
On 13 March, Wednesday, Lithuanian border guards stopped 15 irregular migrants from entering the country via Belarus, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).
The Ministry of the Interior has presented amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens. Action is taken to introduce safeguards, ensure national security and eliminate abuse of migration and employment procedures.
With the arrival of spring weather, Latvia is once again registering more migrants illegally attempting to cross the border from neighbouring Belarus.
Six irregular migrants attempted to access Lithuania via Belarus on Tuesday, 27 February, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).
Three migrants attempted to cross from Belarus to Lithuania illegally on Monday, 26 February, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).
Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.
Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.
Four foreign nationals were turned away after trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.
The numbers of irregular migrants trying to cross into Lithuania may rise again in the spring, as the geopolitical situation remains unchanged, says the head of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis instructed the Interior Ministry on Tuesday to launch the procedures for granting asylum to two or three migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea, the government said.
