{"id":46899,"date":"2023-05-18T21:21:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/number-of-belarusians-in-lithuania-spikes-57-percent-in-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"number-of-belarusians-in-lithuania-spikes-57-percent-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46899\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Belarusians in Lithuania spikes 57 percent in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 18, <span>BPN.<\/span> <\/b>Lithuania\u2019s migration department says the number of Belarusians living in the country rose by 57.3 percent to 48,804 in 2022, according to Anastasija \u0141uzhina, a senior researcher at the BEROC think tank.<\/p>\n<p> She said the figure includes people who may not stay long-term, such as workers with temporary visas.<\/p>\n<p> She added that some Belarusians who arrived in 2021 got a residence permit in 2022 after living for six months or a year with a type D visa.<\/p>\n<p> Lithuania issued 20,531 visas to Belarusians in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u0141uzhina said it is hard to estimate how many Belarusians have permanently moved to Lithuania. 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