{"id":63884,"date":"2024-01-30T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=63884"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"about-2000-returned-from-lithuania-to-belarus-in-2023-official-data","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/","title":{"rendered":"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(unsplash.com \/ Yousef Alfuhigi)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 30, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, <em>LRT<\/em> reported citing official data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number soared by 44 percent year on year due to the departure of 8,000 Ukrainians and 2,000 Belarusians to their home countries, while Lithuanians mostly emigrated to Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, 66,900 people, most of them foreigners, came to Lithuania, 23.5 percent fewer than in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most reportedly arrived in Lithuania from Ukraine, Belarus and other former Soviet states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first six months of 2023, the number of Belarusians residing in Lithuania grew by some 20 percent to 58,347 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 1, Lithuania reported a one-percent year-on-year rise in permanent residents to 2.9 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 30, Pozirk. In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, LRT reported citing official data. The number soared by 44 percent year on year due to the departure of 8,000 Ukrainians and 2,000 Belarusians to their home countries, while Lithuanians mostly emigrated to Germany, Norway and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":61868,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-63884","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 30, Pozirk. In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, LRT\" \/>\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\/63884\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"January 30, Pozirk. In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, LRT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/\" \/>\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=\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1128\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\/63884\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/\"},\"headline\":\"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-30T10:29:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/\"},\"wordCount\":121,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/\",\"name\":\"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-30T10:29:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"January 30, Pozirk. In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, LRT\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg\",\"width\":1128,\"height\":752},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data\"}]},{\"@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":"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data | Pozirk","description":"January 30, Pozirk. In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, LRT","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\/63884\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data | Pozirk","og_description":"January 30, Pozirk. In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, LRT","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1128,"height":752,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"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\/63884\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/"},"headline":"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data","datePublished":"2024-01-30T10:29:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/"},"wordCount":121,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/","name":"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-30T10:29:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","description":"January 30, Pozirk. In 2023, 22,000 Lithuania\u2019s permanent residents left the country, including 12,000 foreign nationals and 10,000 Lithuanians, LRT","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/emigracija_unsplash_yoused_alfuhigi_1128x752.jpg","width":1128,"height":752},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63884\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About 2,000 returned from Lithuania to Belarus in 2023 \u2013 official data"}]},{"@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\/63884","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\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=63884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}