{"id":181400,"date":"2026-03-28T19:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:56:16","slug":"irregular-belarus-lithuania-crossings-spike-in-march","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181400\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular Belarus-Lithuania crossings spike in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 28, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Lithuania has stopped at least 82 attempts by undocumented third-country foreigners to cross from Belarus since the start of March, twice as many as recorded in the first two months of 2026, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of attempts since the year\u2019s start has reached 122, dropping from 185 in the same period in 2025. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flow of people eager to cross into the EU surged in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2021, the Belarusian government suspended a readmission agreement with the EU in response to sanctions that followed the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.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\">Latvia reports record number of attempts at irregular border crossing from Belarus over four months<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 26, Pozirk. Undocumented migrants made 168 attempts to cross from Belarus into Latvia in the first 26 days of March, the largest number in the last four months, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of data from the Latvian border control &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181352\">\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>March 28, Pozirk. Lithuania has stopped at least 82 attempts by undocumented third-country foreigners to cross from Belarus since the start of March, twice as many as recorded in the first two months of 2026, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. 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