Latvian border guards turned back 67 migrants on Saturday, while no attempts to illegally enter the country were recorded at the Polish border on Friday.
More than 1,000 illegal migrants have been denied entry to Lithuania this year. Last year, there were over 1,600 attempts to enter the country illegally from Belarus in unauthorized places, and the year before that, the number was 1,002.
Since the beginning of the migration crisis caused by Belarus, Lithuanian border guards have prevented more than 25,600 foreigners from entering the country illegally.
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The influx of migrants into the eastern EU members from Belarus began in 2021, with the West accusing the Minsk regime of organizing it.
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