Lithuania Returns 18 Tourists Back to Lukashenko's Hotel
Baltic neighbors prove that hospitality can also go too far. Lithuanian border guards have sent 18 migrants back to Belarus with the message: 'Sorry, but we're not Germany.'
Lithuanian border guards have this time proven they can be just as strict as visitors to Liepāja's beach when someone tries to break into their beloved sandy territory without permission. This year alone, someone has tried to illegally enter Lithuania 76 times, but as they say: 'No means no.'
Agnė Bilotaitė's 2021 directive on returning illegal immigrants works like a Swiss watch — only much more precise. Since then, border guards have said 'Thanks, but no thanks' more than 24,000 times. That's more than the number of Riga residents who actually know where Liepāja is located!
The statistics are inspiring: 11,200 times in 2022, 2,643 in 2023, but only 1,002 in 2024. It seems word has spread — Lithuania isn't the place where you can just run in like visiting grandma for pancakes. As Vilnius grandmother Birutė comments: 'Well, if they want to travel, let them go to Spain like all normal people!'
Lithuanian officials believe that Lukashenko deliberately sends migrants across the border because Lithuania supports the Belarusian opposition. It's like passive-aggressive neighbor relations: 'You don't support my dictatorship? Well, then take 18 unplanned guests!'
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