Illegal migrants

Police have detained 43 illegal migrants in Utena County after a report from the State Border Guard Service on three cars that crossed from Latvia on Thursday.

Lithuania plans to send around 10 border guards to neighbouring Latvia facing a surge in the number of illegal migrants on its Belarusian border, the head of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) says.

A total of 40 foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus unlawfully over the past three days, from 19 to 21 July, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said. Border guards spotted all of them on Sunday.

Irregular migrants did not attempt to cross the border from Belarus to Lithuania in the last 3 days, on 28-30 June, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).

Nine foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus over the past four days, from 29 March to 1 April, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports. All the attempts were made on Monday.

Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

The staff of Lithuania's detention center for illegal migrants do not speak foreign languages, detained families with children are held behind bars and not all of the children living there attend school, an investigation has revealed.

Lithuanian border guards detained three illegal migrants who arrived in Vilnius Airport on a flight from Greece on Sunday, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said on Monday.

Illegal migrants coming from Belarus were the biggest problem for Lithuania a couple of years ago, but the direction of illegal migration flows has changed and an increasing number of illegals now cross Lithuania's border from Latvia, the commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said o...

Lithuania could become the new entry point for migrants coming to the European Union and the country's authorities must prepare for the potentiality, says the new minister of the interior.

Europe must, at least temporarily, close its doors to economic migrants according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, because it is clear to her that the European Union's states cannot “absorb” and integrate such a large number of arrivals.

After the European Union cut off migrant routes via Libya to Italy and agreed with Turkey to stem migrant flows across the Aegean to Greece, the Baltic States fear that migrants from the Middle East might discover new routes via Russia, making them their gateway to the European Union.

As the European Union blocks the flow of illegal immigrants from Libya to Italy and negotiates similar agreements in Turkey and Greece, some fear that migrants may try a new approach towards entering the European Union that would take them through Russia and potentially the Baltic states.

Lithuanian carriers are being hit by significant losses caused by migrants trying to get to the UK on trucks illegally, with Lithuanian drivers calling the situation in Calais a war zone, reports LRT.

Lithuanian border police arrested an illegal immigrant from Iraq and a Finnish citizen allegedly trying to smuggle him through Lithuania on Friday.

The number of Lithuanians concerned about illegal migration has rocketed in the last year, with 19% of Lithuanians choosing illegal migration as the most important public security issue, according to a new survey.

The dropping value of the currencies of Russia and Belarus has forced some migrant workers from these countries to make their way to Lithuania, mostly illegally, the State Border Guard Service says.

The driver of the Lithuania-registered truck that was pulled over in France with 11 migrants aboard is a citizen of Russia, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry confirmed to BNS on Wednesday.

A Lithuania-registered truck carrying 11 illegal migrants was detained in Poitiers, western France, on Monday, the Lithuanian Embassy to France confirmed to BNS.

Lithuanian border guards on Thursday handed over eight migrants from Iraq to their Polish counterparts, the State Border Guard Service said.