Lithuania turns back six migrants at Belarus border

Lithuanian border guards turned back six irregular migrants at the border with Belarus in the past 24 hours, LRT reported on Monday, citing the State Border Guard Service.

Latvian border guards turned back no migrants on Sunday, while no attempts to cross the Polish border illegally were recorded on Saturday.

Lithuania has refused entry to nearly 1,900 irregular migrants so far this year. More than 1,600 attempts to enter the country from Belarus at unauthorised locations were recorded last year, compared with 1,002 the year before.

The influx of migrants from Belarus to eastern EU member states began in 2021. Western countries accuse the Minsk regime of organising it.