{"id":111214,"date":"2024-10-25T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111214\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-reports-decrease-in-residence-permit-holders-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111214\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania reports decrease in residence permit holders from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1127\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litva-granica-udf.by_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litva-granica-udf.by_.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litva-granica-udf.by_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litva-granica-udf.by_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litva-granica-udf.by_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litva-granica-udf.by_-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(udf.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A total of 61,357 Belarusian nationals had residence permits in Lithuania as of October 1, the Lithuanian Migration Department reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is 810 people less than at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three weeks ago, 3,707 Belarusians had permanent residence permits, 147 had temporary EU cards and 67 \u2013 permanent EU cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of thousands have fled reprisals in Belarus since 2020, activists estimate. Belarusians usually settle in Lithuania or Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, the head of the Lithuanian-based foundation Razam, Vijaleta Bialickaja, said that Vilnius had stripped 197 Belarusians of residency last year on national security grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania imprisons Belarusian over embassy arson attack<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 24, Pozirk. The Vilnius District Court sentenced Belarusian national Maciej Bialaj to eight and a half months in prison following a prosecutor\u2019s request to reconsider his earlier non-custodial sentence, Delfi reports. In April 2023, Bialaj threw a homemade candle &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/110965\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, Pozirk. A total of 61,357 Belarusian nationals had residence permits in Lithuania as of October 1, the Lithuanian Migration Department reported. This is 810 people less than at the beginning of the year. Three weeks ago, 3,707 Belarusians had permanent residence permits, 147 had temporary EU cards and 67 \u2013 permanent EU cards. 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