Lithuania’s authorities have identified more than 2,000 instances of threats in the first year since the introduction of a special questionnaire for Russian and Belarusian citizens, the Migration Department said on Wednesday.
From the end of November 2022, all Russian and Belarusian citizens applying for migration services, such as issuing or replacing permits for temporary or permanent residence in Lithuania, are required to complete a questionnaire to provide certain information and express their attitudes on the war in Ukraine.
After the Migration Department examined the gathered information and additional data from various national institutions, 1,644 Belarusian citizens were found to be a threat to national security.
Belarusian citizens were refused a temporary residence permit in Lithuania on 562 occasions and refused a replacement of their residence permit on 343 occasions.
Belarusians had their previously valid temporary residence permits revoked on 450 occasions. Two Belarusian citizens were refused permanent residence permits in Lithuania, and eight had such documents revoked.
Belarusians were refused national Lithuanian visas on 279 occasions.
A total of 397 Russian citizens were found to be a threat to national security, 76 of whom were refused a temporary residence permit in Lithuania, 84 were refused a replacement of their residence permit, 90 had their previously valid temporary residence permits revoked, and another 90 had their permanent residence permits revoked.
Two Russian citizens were denied permanent residence permits in Lithuania when applying for the first time. Russians were refused national Lithuanian visas on 55 occasions.
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