Four illegal migrants have been detained on their way to the Polish border
The registration center for foreigners in the Lithuanian town of Pabrada, which is located near the border with Belarus, where the most active illegal migration is recorded, this year 70 people from among those who have applied for asylum have left voluntarily. It was reported on Sunday, referring to the State Border Guard Service at the Ministry of Interior of Lithuania, by the national radio LRT.
Since the beginning of this year, 70 people have not returned after leaving the territory of the center with an official permit for a few hours, the radio station noted. How many of them were later detained and returned to the center is not specified.
The foreigners registration center holds people who have applied for asylum after both legal and illegal border crossings. There they wait for a decision on their fate and may, with the permission of the administration, enter the city. Persons in other places of accommodation do not have this right, and if they do, they do so illegally.
Four illegal migrants were detained in Lithuania on their way to the Polish border on Friday. On Tuesday, six Iraqi citizens fled from a temporary accommodation center set up in the town of Kapciamestis. The next day, the Iraqis were detained. They tried to get to the border with Poland, which is 10 kilometers from Kapčiavestis.
Since the beginning of the year, 2,064 illegal immigrants, mostly from Asian countries, have been detained on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border, which is 25 times more than for the entire year 2020. In late May, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said his country had been a barrier to trafficking drugs and illegal migrants into a neighboring state, but with political pressure from the West, Minsk may wonder if it is worth continuing to do so.