Lithuania

• Afghanistan
• Belarus
• Lithuania

Lithuania has expelled five Afghan nationals back to neighboring Belarus in spite of an order by the European Court of Human Rights that they be allowed to stay.

• Belarus
• Germany
• Latvia

The Polish Parliament has voted in support of a state of emergency on the border with Belarus. More than 10,000 migrants are in Belarus hoping for passage to the EU, Polish border officials say.

• Afghanistan
• Belarus
• Iraq

The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights has called on Poland to protect the human rights of Afghan migrants stuck at its border with Belarus. The migrants have been camped out in the open for the past two weeks.

• Lithuania
• Poland

Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia said Belarus was "using immigrants to destabilize neighboring countries," slamming what they described as a "hybrid attack."

• Belarus
• Lithuania

A human rights defender in Lithuania, Vytis Jurkonis, says the country cannot cope with the thousands of migrants being 'invited' to cross the border from Belarus. And he fears that for those caught in the political trap the situation will become even more serious as winter approaches.

• Belarus
• Lithuania

Some EU officials have claimed Minsk is using "hybrid warfare" by deliberately sending migrants to Lithuania. Poland has sent additional troops to its border with Belarus to handle the influx.

• Belarus
• Iraq
• Lithuania

Lured to Belarus with promises of easy EU immigration, Iraqis, Syrians and Afghans are now trapped in Lithuania. Abbas al-Khashali and Hamza al-Shawabkeh met them there.

• Belarus
• Iraq
• Lithuania

In Lithuania, some migrants have been detained for more than a month in camps hastily established by local authorities. They are exposed to harsh conditions and are isolated without access to information. The Lithuanian authorities say they don’t have the capacity to examine each individual claim for protection.

• Belarus
• Germany
• Lithuania

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accused Belarus of using refugees to "undermine security." Her remarks come as the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan fuels concerns that thousands of people could try to flee to Europe.

• Belarus
• Lithuania

An uptick in migrant arrivals into Lithuania from neighboring Belarus appears to have slowed down significantly. But with a pile of asylum applications to process and local communities angry about nearby migrant camps, the Lithuanian government faces an unfamiliar challenge.

• Belarus
• Croatia
• Lithuania

According to the EU border agency Frontex, the number of irregular border crossings to the European Union via the so-called ‘Balkan route’ is up 90% on last year. The majority of those arriving are from Syria and Afghanistan.

• Belarus
• Lithuania

Following the arrival of thousands of migrants via Belarus, the European Commission has approved €36.7 million in funding for Lithuania. The support includes emergency care, medical treatment and COVID isolation facilities, the commission announced.