Poland’s Border Guard has reported the detention of a large group of migrants at the Polish-Lithuanian border.
A truck with Romanian registration plates was found to be carrying 54 people, including 30 Pakistani nationals, 15 Afghan nationals and nine Bangladeshi nationals. The vehicle was driven by a Romanian citizen.
The migrants will be transferred to the Lithuanian authorities under the readmission procedure.
In recent months, attempts by migrants to cross the Belarusian-Polish border have been rarely recorded. The main migration pressure has shifted to the Belarusian-Latvian border. After crossing there, migrants attempt to continue their journey to Western European countries through Lithuania and Poland. Migrants are regularly detained at the Polish-Lithuanian border, where temporary border controls remain in place.
