{"id":3068,"date":"2023-09-28T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=3068"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuania-responds-to-soaring-illegal-secondary-migration-via-latvia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3068\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania responds to soaring illegal secondary migration via Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 28,<em>\u00a0Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Lithuania is assisting Latvia in protecting its shared border with Belarus amid an increase in secondary illegal migration, the Lithuanian interior ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of September 25, Lithuanian authorities stopped a total of 822 third-country nationals arriving via Latvia,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrt.lt\/naujienos\/lietuvoje\/2\/2086673\/vrm-siemet-is-latvijos-atvykusiu-neteisetu-migrantu-padaugejo-20-kartu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LRT<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;reported, noting a 20-fold increase year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 27, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117 discussed secondary migration with her Latvian counterpart Rihards Kozlovskis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They agreed to step up the law enforcement agencies&#8217; cooperation and keep deploying the Lithuanian border guards in Latvia to prevent illegal migration from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 26, Lithuania sent 20 border guards to Latvia to replace the 17 border guards sent to the country earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next day, Lithuania announced it would protect marshy areas on its borders with Belarus and Russia with a physical barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Union did not allow at least 217 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus on September 27. The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service registered 20 border violations and said that their Latvian colleagues thwarted 90 attempts. The Polish Border Guard said 107 foreigners tried to illegally enter from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 28, the interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States agreed to close their borders with Belarus in case of a surge in illegal migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 28,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Lithuania is assisting Latvia in protecting its shared border with Belarus amid an increase in secondary illegal migration, the Lithuanian interior ministry said. As of September 25, Lithuanian authorities stopped a total of 822 third-country nationals arriving via Latvia,&nbsp;LRT&nbsp;reported, noting a 20-fold increase year on year. 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