{"id":46935,"date":"2023-05-22T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/over-300-belarusians-denied-lithuanian-residence-over-national-security-concerns-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"over-300-belarusians-denied-lithuanian-residence-over-national-security-concerns-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 22, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s head Evelina Gudzinskait\u0117 told <span>Delfi<\/span> citing national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p> Thirty-eight Russians were denied the issue or renewal of their residence permits for the same reason, she added.<\/p>\n<p> Lithuania stepped up controls and started considering national security threats in migration cases after Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> However, every month dozens of applicants believe Belarusian and Russian propaganda and keep saying in questionnaires that they support Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, Gudzinskait\u0117 noted.<\/p>\n<p> In 2022, the number of Belarusians residing in Lithuania rose by 57.3 percent to 48,804 but it is hard to estimate how many Belarusians have permanently moved there. Over the past couple of years, the range could be between 25,400 and 37,900 based on annual data, according to the BEROC think tank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 22, BPN. Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s head Evelina Gudzinskait\u0117 told Delfi citing national security concerns. Thirty-eight Russians were denied the issue or renewal of their residence permits for the same reason, she added. Lithuania stepped up controls and started considering national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46935","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 22, BPN. Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023 | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May 22, BPN. Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/\"},\"headline\":\"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-22T11:30:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/\",\"name\":\"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023 | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-22T11:30:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"May 22, BPN. Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023 | Pozirk","description":"May 22, BPN. Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023 | Pozirk","og_description":"May 22, BPN. Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/"},"headline":"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023","datePublished":"2023-05-22T11:30:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/"},"wordCount":150,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/","name":"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023 | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-05-22T11:30:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"May 22, BPN. Since the start of 2023, Lithuanian authorities denied 309 residence permit applications received from Belarusians, migration department\u2019s","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46935\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Over 300 Belarusians denied Lithuanian residence over national security concerns in 2023"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/46935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=46935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}