{"id":195086,"date":"2026-07-09T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195086\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:18:37","slug":"lithuania-grants-asylum-to-23-belarusians-in-june","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195086\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania grants asylum to 23 Belarusians in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 9, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>In June, Lithuania granted 23 asylum applications by citizens of Belarus, which were likely submitted in 2025 or earlier, according to the country\u2019s migration department\u2019s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Belarusians were denied asylum but granted residence permits. Five applications were rejected altogether. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusians filed six applications for asylum in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first six months of 2026, 51 Belarusians were granted asylum in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusians accounted for 59 of the 131 asylum applications filed in Lithuania in the first half. Citizens of Afghanistan and Russia ranked a distant second and third in terms of the number of submitted applications, with 10 and eight applications, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Belarusians filed 83 asylum applications in Lithuania, nearly 22 percent of the total, which marked a sharp drop from 39 percent in 2024 and nearly 50 percent in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, Lithuania granted 104 asylum requests from Belarusians, 10.3 percent fewer than in 2024. Vilnius also issued temporary residence permits to five Belarusian asylum seekers, denying 39 other requests, marking a 44.3-percent decline from 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian community in Lithuania has been shrinking in recent months, totaling 48,926 people on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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