{"id":199044,"date":"2026-08-07T14:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199044\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:15:40","slug":"lithuania-grants-asylum-to-12-belarusians-in-july","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199044\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania grants asylum to 12 Belarusians in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 7,\u00a0Pozirk.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>In July, Lithuania granted 12 asylum applications to Belarusian nationals and denied one request, according to the country\u2019s migration department\u2019s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusians also filed 12 applications for asylum last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusians accounted for 71 of the 185 asylum applications filed in Lithuania in the first seven months of 2026. Citizens of Afghanistan and Russia ranked a distant second and third in terms of the number of submitted applications, with 22 and 12 applications, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Belarusians filed 83 asylum applications in Lithuania, nearly 22 percent of the total, which marked a sharp drop from 39 percent in 2024 and nearly 50 percent in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, Lithuania granted 104 asylum requests by Belarusians, 10.3 percent fewer than in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian community in Lithuania has been shrinking in recent months, totaling 48,283 people on August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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