{"id":116681,"date":"2024-12-04T14:54:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116681\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuania-bans-577-belarusians-from-entering-since-january","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116681\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania bans 577 Belarusians from entering since January\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/litva_pexels_com.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/litva_pexels_com.jpg 609w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/litva_pexels_com-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/litva_pexels_com-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pexels.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 4, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Belarusian community in Lithuania shrank by 4.5 percent to 59,399 people in the first 11 months of 2024, Lithuania&#8217;s interior ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of January, Vilnius has banned 577 Belarusians from entering the country after screening 47,000 foreigners, including high-skilled workers and students from Belarus, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry linked the falling numbers to tighter migration rules, noting that the same trend applies to nationals of other countries, such as Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, media reported the arrest of Belarusian volunteer Vasil Vieramiejcyk who fought Russia in Ukraine and is now held in Belarusian custody. Vieramiej\u010dyk was deported from Vietnam after Lithuania denied him asylum, citing national security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Belarusian emigrants would return home if a new government came to power and reprisals ended, found a recent survey by the BEROC think tank.<\/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\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Most Belarusian emigrants would return home after change of government<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 3, Pozirk. Most Belarusian emigrants would return home if a new government came to power and reprisals ended, found a survey conducted by the BEROC think tank. An estimated 500,000 people have fled Belarus since the 2020 unrest, said &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/116556\">\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>December 4, Pozirk. The Belarusian community in Lithuania shrank by 4.5 percent to 59,399 people in the first 11 months of 2024, Lithuania&#8217;s interior ministry reported. Since the start of January, Vilnius has banned 577 Belarusians from entering the country after screening 47,000 foreigners, including high-skilled workers and students from Belarus, it added. 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