{"id":162644,"date":"2025-11-02T19:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162644\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-sees-six-month-high-in-irregular-border-crossings-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162644\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania sees six-month high in irregular border crossings from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuania registered a six-month peak in irregular attempts by third-country nationals to enter from Belarusian territory in October: 275, according to data from Lithuania\u2019s border guard service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of those attempts, 116, or 42 percent, were reported in the last five days of the month, after Lithuania closed its border with Belarus over cigarette-smuggling balloons. On October 31, the highest daily number of attempted crossings in the past three years was recorded: 63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian services documented 197 attempts in September, 123 in August, 60 in July, 90 in June&nbsp;and 236 in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Latvia registered 971 attempts, and Poland registered 2,025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the border has been ongoing since the spring of 2021.<\/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\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna.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                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Migrant activity at Belarus-EU border jumps 43 percent year on year in October<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 31, Pozirk. A total of 55 attempts by third-country undocumented migrants to cross from Belarusian territory were recorded on October 29 by the neighboring European Union (EU) countries. The Latvian border guards registered 36 attempts, followed by Lithuania with &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/162422\">\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>November 2, Pozirk. Lithuania registered a six-month peak in irregular attempts by third-country nationals to enter from Belarusian territory in October: 275, according to data from Lithuania\u2019s border guard service. 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