{"id":124109,"date":"2025-01-29T19:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124109\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuania-employs-46600-belarusians","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124109\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania employs 46,600 Belarusians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 29, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Some 46,600 Belarusian nationals are employed in Lithuania, <em>Delfi<\/em> reported, quoting the country&#8217;s employment service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians are the largest group of foreign workers in the country, followed by Ukrainians with 46,000 employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of Belarusian workers has increased by 33,600 since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Belarusians work in transport and logistics (33,100) and construction (5,600).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The finance and insurance sector saw the largest influx: seven Belarusians worked there at the beginning of 2022 and 114 now. The number of Belarusian IT workers increased from 631 to 3,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 1,300 Belarusians work in the manufacturing industry, more than 1,000 in car service centers, 541 in administration and services and 473 in the hotel and restaurant industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Belarusians have medium-skilled jobs (40,900). The number of such workers has increased by 50 percent since January 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of high-skilled Belarusian professionals has increased more than fivefold to 5,200, the employment service said.<\/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\/07\/litva_pexels_com-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/litva_pexels_com.jpg 609w\" 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 lists hundreds of Belarusians national security threats in 2024<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 29, Pozirk. Vilnius branded 598 Belarusians as threats to Lithuania&#039;s national security last year, Delfi reports, citing the interior ministry&#039;s migration department. This number is significantly higher than those of Russians as only 125 of them received such status &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/124071\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, Pozirk. Some 46,600 Belarusian nationals are employed in Lithuania, Delfi reported, quoting the country&#8217;s employment service. Belarusians are the largest group of foreign workers in the country, followed by Ukrainians with 46,000 employees. The number of Belarusian workers has increased by 33,600 since 2022. 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