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The Lithuanian government has decided to declare an extreme situation in the country due to the influx of illegal migrants on the border with Belarus. Thus, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic Agne Bilotaite was appointed the operational head of the extreme operation.
Earlier, a record number of illegal migrants – 150 people-were detained in Lithuania during the day. Illegal immigrants were caught in the municipality of Drusnikinkaya, as well as in Lazdiyai, Varensky, Shvenchensky, Shalchininkai and Ignalinsky districts.
Among the detainees were citizens of Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Cameroon. Since the beginning of the year, more than 800 illegal immigrants have tried to enter Lithuania through the Belarusian border. This is ten times more than in the whole of last year.