{"id":174557,"date":"2026-02-06T15:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174557\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusians-filed-56-percent-of-lithuanias-january-asylum-applications","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174557\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusians filed 56 percent of Lithuania\u2019s January asylum applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 6,<em> Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Foreigners submitted 32 applications for asylum in Lithuania last month, including 18 by Belarusian nationals, according to the Lithuanian Migration Department&#8217;s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russians and Ukrainians submitted three and two applications, respectively. Single applications were filed by nationals of Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of Belarusians seeking asylum in Lithuania and their share among all foreign applicants have been decreasing for the past three years,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em> reported earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Belarusian nationals submitted 83 applications for asylum in Lithuania, accounting for 21.8 percent of all asylum-seekers in 2025 after 39 percent reported in 2024 and about 50 percent in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania sees decline in asylum requests from Belarusians in 2025<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 17, Pozirk. The total number of Belarusians seeking asylum in Lithuania and their share among all foreign applicants have been decreasing for the past three years, according to Pozirk&#039;s analysis of the official data by the Lithuanian interior ministry&#039;s &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/172037\">\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>February 6, Pozirk. Foreigners submitted 32 applications for asylum in Lithuania last month, including 18 by Belarusian nationals, according to the Lithuanian Migration Department&#8217;s data. Russians and Ukrainians submitted three and two applications, respectively. Single applications were filed by nationals of Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sudan. 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