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September 22,\u00a0Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0More than 60,000 Belarusian nationals resided in Lithuania in early September,\u00a0Delfi<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reported citing official data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of 203,157 foreigners currently residing in Lithuania, Belarusians are the second largest group after Ukrainians (85,600).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About half of all foreigners came to Lithuania to work and are mostly employed in international cargo and passenger transportation, construction and industrial services sector, the migration department’s data shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since late November 2022, Lithuania designated 910 Belarusians as national security threats, its migration authorities said in early August. It denied temporary residence permits to 337 Belarusians and extensions to 121, revoking temporary residence permits from 205.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 22,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0More than 60,000 Belarusian nationals resided in Lithuania in early September,\u00a0Delfi\u00a0reported citing official data. Of 203,157 foreigners currently residing in Lithuania, Belarusians are the second largest group after Ukrainians (85,600). About half of all foreigners came to Lithuania to work and are mostly employed in international cargo and passenger transportation, construction and industrial services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[],"class_list":["post-2964","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNumber of Belarusians in Lithuania soars by 25 percent since January | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 22,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0More than 60,000 Belarusian nationals resided in Lithuania in early September,\u00a0Delfi\u00a0reported citing official data. 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