Two migrants were rescued from a swamp on the Polish-Lithuanian border, LRT reports. There were four people in the group in total. The fate of the other two remains unknown.
The incident took place around one kilometre from the Polish-Lithuanian border near the village of Graužiniai. The migrants themselves requested help by calling the emergency services number. Polish rescuers answered the call and passed the information to their Lithuanian colleagues, who arrived at the scene together with police officers. One foreigner was on the edge of the swamp, while the second was stuck in the bog around 20-30 metres away. Both were pulled to safety.
The men identified themselves as citizens of Somalia. It is believed that they crossed the Belarusian-Latvian border and were making their way further west. They are currently in hospital under guard by border officers. Later, they will be transferred to a centre for foreigners. If it is confirmed that the men arrived from Latvia, they will be returned to that country.
The whereabouts of the other two members of the group remain unknown. Search efforts are ongoing. They may not have managed to get out of the swamp, but they may also have crossed it successfully and continued on their way.
