{"id":211597,"date":"2026-11-12T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211597\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T16:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:35:02","slug":"lithuania-doubles-funding-for-suing-belarus-over-irregular-migration","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211597\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania doubles funding for suing Belarus over irregular migration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-litva-gpk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-litva-gpk.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-litva-gpk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-litva-gpk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-litva-gpk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-litva-gpk-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarus&#039; State Border Committee) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuania\u2019s government has allocated another \u20ac45,000 to pay for litigation at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a lawsuit against Belarus over irregular migration from its territory, <em>LTR<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The justice ministry requested additional funding on October 20, and the government granted the request at a meeting on November 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 3, the Lithuanian government provided \u20ac45,000 to the justice ministry to cover the ICJ litigation costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius demands more than \u20ac200 million from Minsk in damages, accusing it of engineering a migration crisis at the shared border, which forced it to invest in a border fence, border surveillance systems and deploy a larger number of personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit may also be relevant to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the ministry said, noting that the ECtHR is currently considering seven cases against Lithuania regarding migrant rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 western neighbors have been affected by the migration crisis since 2021, when the flow of people eager to get to the European Union surged. At that time, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia, Lithuania and Poland describe the crisis as a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-straz-315x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-straz-315x236.png 315w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-straz-653x490.png 653w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-straz-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-straz-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-straz.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">European Court of Human Rights to rule on pushback complaints against Poland, Latvia and Lithuania<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 4, Pozirk. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will announce its decision on November 24 on three lawsuits filed by irregular migrants who crossed into neighboring European Union countries from Belarus in 2021 and 2022 but were pushed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/210454\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 12, Pozirk. Lithuania\u2019s government has allocated another \u20ac45,000 to pay for litigation at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a lawsuit against Belarus over irregular migration from its territory, LTR reported. The justice ministry requested additional funding on October 20, and the government granted the request at a meeting on November 11. 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