{"id":192963,"date":"2026-06-23T11:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192963\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:35:45","slug":"lithuania-reports-spike-in-irregular-crossings-via-belarus-on-june-22","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192963\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania reports spike in irregular crossings via Belarus on June 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

June 23, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuania did not allow at least 13 undocumented third-country foreigners to cross irregularly via Belarus yesterday, posting a four-week\u2019s high in attempts since May 25, according to Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of border guards data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past 28 days, Vilnius did not report any irregular crossings on 19 days, including in late May and early June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the start of 2026, Belarus\u2019 western neighbors have thwarted at least 7,186 irregular crossings, including 827 attempts directed at Lithuania, or 11.5 percent of the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvia remained the main target, accounting for 6,130 attempts, while Poland reported just 229, a significant decline from the same period last year, when it recorded 13,736 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flow of people desperate 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

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

Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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