{"id":117097,"date":"2024-12-06T20:33:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T17:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuanias-new-interior-minister-to-stick-to-pushback-policy","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117097\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania\u2019s new interior minister to stick to pushback policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 6, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuania’s new interior minister, Vladislav Kondratovi\u010d, said he will continue to upgrade the border infrastructure and stick to the pushback policy to counter illegal migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister-designate told a meeting of the Homeland Union\u2013Lithuanian Christian Democrats parliamentary faction that after an upgrade of the Lithuanian-Belarusian border, Lithuania will fortify its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there is physical infrastructure at the border with Belarus, the Russian section is waiting for the next step, he said. Every government should do it, he added. A strong border guarantees security for the entire European Union, not just Lithuania, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about illegal migrants, the minister stressed that officers will continue to turn them away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seimas legalized this policy in 2023. The amendment authorizes the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) to push back foreigners crossing the border illegally in emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania can also temporarily restrict the movement of foreigners through certain border checkpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania denied entry to 22,900 illegal migrants since the beginning of the migration crisis in 2021, according to the SBGS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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