The EU Migration and Asylum Pact came into effect on June 12 – the then Minister of the Interior Vladislav Kondratovich warned that some procedures for checking illegal migrants would change, but Lithuania’s fundamental policy of turnbacks at the Belarus border will remain unchanged.
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He said that the procedures most likely to change are those related to secondary migration through Latvia.
However, from mid-June, new instructions were also given to border guards on duty at the Belarus border: from now on, they must fill out a migrant non-admission form and hand it to the arrivals.
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The form must also include data identifying the specific officer and his signature.
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