{"id":101138,"date":"2024-08-19T19:36:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101138\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-asylum-seekers-vetted-carefully-says-lithuanias-police-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101138\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian asylum seekers vetted carefully, says Lithuania\u2019s police official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarusians who have come to Lithuania later than in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election are checked very carefully, Lithuanian Deputy Interior Minister Arnoldas Abramavi\u010dius told <em>LRT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The checks are particularly strict for asylum seekers who claim to be members of the Belarusian pro-democratic opposition, Abramavi\u010dius said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He linked the heightened security measures to the risk of KGB infiltration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that Belarus\u2019 secret service uses different tactics: some agents can infiltrate, while others can be recruited in Lithuania using their vulnerabilities, such as property or family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99113\/\">Belarusian woman to go on trial in Warsaw on espionage charges<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 19, Pozirk. Belarusians who have come to Lithuania later than in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election are checked very carefully, Lithuanian Deputy Interior Minister Arnoldas Abramavi\u010dius told LRT. The checks are particularly strict for asylum seekers who claim to be members of the Belarusian pro-democratic opposition, Abramavi\u010dius said. He linked the heightened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":73320,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-101138","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian asylum seekers vetted carefully, says Lithuania\u2019s police official | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 19, Pozirk. 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