Latvian border guards turned back 68 migrants on Saturday, and Polish border guards – one.
This year, a total of 957 illegal migrants were not allowed into Lithuania. Last year, attempts were made more than 1.6 thousand times to enter the country from Belarus in unauthorized places, the year before last this number reached 1002.
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In total, since the beginning of the migration crisis caused by Belarus, Lithuanian border guards have prevented more than 25.5 thousand foreigners from illegally entering the country.
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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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