Pakistani man, who caused Lithuania to block border, seeks asylum in Belarus

A Pakistani man, who caused Lithuania to close the Medininkai border crossing for 30 hours, has asked for asylum in Belarus. The information came from the head of the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the Ministry of Interior Aliaksei Biahun at a press conference on July 10.

"The Pakistani citizen had to ask us for a procedure of access to refugee status or additional protection, which was done. Now the application is in the internal affairs bodies for consideration in the prescribed manner," representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs shared the details of the case.

As Euroradio previously reported, on July 8, Lithuanian border guards closed the Medininkai border crossing because of a migrant from Pakistan. He crossed the Belarusian border while the Lithuanian border guards said he had false documents. The Pakistani was sent back, but the Belarusians, as they say in Lithuania, refused to accept him. The man spent more than a day in the so called neutral zone while the Medininkai crossing was closed. It was opened only in the evening of July 10, when the Pakistani returned to Belarus.