Lithuania reports no illegal migrant crossings from Belarus for 13th consecutive day

Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service reported Thursday that no illegal migrant crossings from Belarus have been detected for the 13th day in a row, while Latvian authorities turned back 105 migrants the previous day, according to the BNS news agency.

Polish border guards also recorded no attempts at illegal entry on Tuesday. The last group of seven migrants was intercepted in Lithuania on May 7.

This year, Lithuanian authorities have blocked 724 attempts by migrants to enter the country illegally. In 2025, over 1,600 such attempts were recorded, compared to 1,002 in 2024.

Since the start of the Belarus-orchestrated migration crisis in 2021, Lithuania has prevented more than 25,000 unauthorised border crossings. The surge in migrant arrivals via Belarus was widely attributed by Western officials to coordinated efforts by Minsk.