{"id":149843,"date":"2025-08-06T18:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149843\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"number-of-belarusian-expats-in-lithuania-declining","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149843\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Belarusian expats in Lithuania declining\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A total of 51,962 Belarusian nationals had valid residence permits in Lithuania as of August 1, according to the Migration Department in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of January 1, 57,511 Belarusians had various documents legalizing their residence in the country. The number then dropped to 52,662 people on June 1 and 52,287 on July 1. Since the year\u2019s start, the number has decreased by 9.65 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 47,832 Belarusians have temporary residence permits, 3,914 have permanent residence permits, 141 have temporary EU residence cards and 75 have permanent ones.<\/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\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Drone that flew to Lithuania from Belarus last week carried explosives<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 5, Pozirk. The unmanned aerial vehicle that flew into Lithuania from Belarus last week was carrying an explosive device, Prosecutor General Nida Grunskien\u0117 has told a press conference in Vilnius. \u201cThe examination of the drone found that it was &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/149712\">\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>August 6, Pozirk. A total of 51,962 Belarusian nationals had valid residence permits in Lithuania as of August 1, according to the Migration Department in Vilnius. As of January 1, 57,511 Belarusians had various documents legalizing their residence in the country. The number then dropped to 52,662 people on June 1 and 52,287 on July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":59368,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-149843","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Number of Belarusian expats in Lithuania declining\u00a0 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 6, Pozirk. 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