The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reported the arrest of a group of 30 migrants who escaped through an underground tunnel beneath the Lithuanian border fence, constructed on the Belarusian side near Baravikines village in Vilnius district on April 10, 2026. The tunnel exit was detected via surveillance cameras located mere meters from the border fence. Lithuanian border guards, backed by police, canine units, a helicopter, and drones, intercepted 27 of the migrants; 24 were returned to Belarus while two were hospitalized for health issues. The migrants were primarily Afghan, Iraqi, and Pakistani nationals. Additionally, three foreign facilitators—two Ukrainians and one Georgian—who came in vehicles with Polish license plates to transport the migrants were detained, along with a Lithuanian citizen who transported six Afghans. Later, a 44-year-old Azerbaijani and a 28-year-old Lithuanian were arrested in Klaipeda for suspected involvement in migrant trafficking and remanded in custody. Similar tunnels had been previously found by Polish border guards on their side of the border.

The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reported the arrest of a group of 30 migrants who escaped through an underground tunnel beneath the Lithuanian border fence, constructed on the Belarusian side near Baravikines village in Vilnius district on April 10, 2026. The tunnel exit was detected via surveillance cameras located mere meters from the border fence. Lithuanian border guards, backed by police, canine units, a helicopter, and drones, intercepted 27 of the migrants; 24 were returned to Belarus while two were hospitalized for health issues. The migrants were primarily Afghan, Iraqi, and Pakistani nationals. Additionally, three foreign facilitators—two Ukrainians and one Georgian—who came in vehicles with Polish license plates to transport the migrants were detained, along with a Lithuanian citizen who transported six Afghans. Later, a 44-year-old Azerbaijani and a 28-year-old Lithuanian were arrested in Klaipeda for suspected involvement in migrant trafficking and remanded in custody. Similar tunnels had been previously found by Polish border guards on their side of the border.