{"id":43720,"date":"2022-09-13T18:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lithuania-says-belarus-backed-illegal-migrants-attempt-to-cross-border\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lithuania-says-belarus-backed-illegal-migrants-attempt-to-cross-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43720\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania says Belarus backed illegal migrants\u2019 attempt to cross border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>September 13,&nbsp;<span>BPN.<\/span><\/b>&nbsp;Lithuanian border guards recorded another attempt by illegal migrants to enter Lithuania from Belarus. The migrants were assisted by \u201cBelarusian services or their minions,\u201d&nbsp;<span>Delfi.lt<\/span>&nbsp;reported on September 13, quoting the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThere is no doubt at all that illegal migrants happened to be there and crossed the damaged barrier with the help of Belarusian border guards,\u201d the service said.<\/p>\n<p> The incident was recorded on video on September 12 in the Vilnius region. The&nbsp;footage shows&nbsp;two masked men running&nbsp;up to the fence to&nbsp;cut&nbsp;the wire as&nbsp;a&nbsp;group of people wait nearby.<\/p>\n<p> The incident was reported to the nearest border patrol, which arrived at the scene in less than a minute, forcing the illegal migrants and masked men to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p> The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border dates back to the spring of 2021. It escalated on November 8, 2021, when thousands of migrants set up a camp near the Polish border. The Baltic states and Poland accused Belarusian authorities of creating the trouble at the border, while the latter blamed it on the West.<\/p>\n<p>Migration figures had dropped significantly by the time Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, but have risen more recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 13,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Lithuanian border guards recorded another attempt by illegal migrants to enter Lithuania from Belarus. 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