The latest figure is the highest since 108 recorded on November 27, 2021, according to the SBGS data.

Rokas Pukinskas, the service's spokesman, says it is too early to say that this year's record-high number indicates a new influx of illegal migration, noting that statistics have previously fluctuated between a few dozen and zero attempts per day as well.

"However, this is a clear signal we must stay vigilant", he told BNS.

Latvia recorded no attempts to cross the border illegally on Sunday. Polish border guards turned away 14 irregular migrants on Saturday, according to the latest available information.

Lithuanian border guards have sent almost 10,600 people back to Belarus since last August, when they were given the right to deny entry to irregular migrants.

Almost 4,200 irregular migrants crossed into Lithuania from Belarus illegally last year.

Lithuania calls the unprecedented influx of migrants from Belarus, which began about a year ago, a "hybrid attack" by the Minsk regime.

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