{"id":195035,"date":"2026-07-09T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195035\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:45:46","slug":"belarusians-with-lithuanian-residence-permits-down-3-3-percent-since-january","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195035\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusians with Lithuanian residence permits down 3.3 percent since January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 9, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>As many as 48,613 Belarusian citizens held Lithuanian residence permits as of July 1, down 0.64 percent from 48,926 a month earlier, according to official data from Lithuania\u2019s migration department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number dropped by 3.33 percent from 50,286 on January 1; by 7 percent from 52,287 on July 1, 2025; and by 22.3 percent from 62,535 on July 1, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of early July 2026, 44,208 Belarusians held temporary residence permits, 363 fewer than in June; 4,203 held permanent residence permits; 123 had temporary EU residence status and 79, permanent EU residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of Belarusians holding Lithuanian residence permits on the grounds of employment, family reunification and studies decreased by 299 to 33,880, by 21 to 4,650 and by 18 to 884, respectively. Belarusians holding Lithuanian residence permits on humanitarian grounds increased by one person to 1,212.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citizens of Ukraine continued to top the list of the most represented minorities in Lithuania with 78,802 Ukrainians holding residence permits on July 1, 661 more than a month before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the 2020 political crisis in Belarus, Lithuania became one of the primary target countries for Belarusians fleeing politically motivated persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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