{"id":7632,"date":"2023-10-24T19:44:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=7632"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuanian-border-guards-irregular-migrants-complain-of-beatings-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/7632\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian border guards: irregular migrants complain of beatings in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A group of 14 irregular migrants, including two women, who broke through a protective fence from Belarus, were detained in Lithuania&#8217;s Ignalina district on October 23. Five of the detainees required medical assistance, the Lithuanian Border Guard Service (VSAT) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migrants complained of brutality and beatings by Belarusian officers, it said. Several people said their legs were broken, and one said he was doused with water and received an electric shock to his groin, according to the news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both women were released on October 23 after medical examinations. One was a national of Senegal. Another said she was Yemeni but had no identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Somali with a sprained leg and a Syrian with a frostbitten foot remained in a Lithuanian hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian border guard forced as many as 21,430 migrants, including 2,113 in 2023, to return to Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Union did not allow at least 134 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus on October 23. VSAT registered 20 attempts to sneak through the border on that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border dates back to the spring of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 24, Pozirk. A group of 14 irregular migrants, including two women, who broke through a protective fence from Belarus, were detained in Lithuania&#8217;s Ignalina district on October 23. Five of the detainees required medical assistance, the Lithuanian Border Guard Service (VSAT) said. The migrants complained of brutality and beatings by Belarusian officers, it said. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-7632","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian border guards: irregular migrants complain of beatings in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 24, Pozirk. 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