●  Detention for deportation in Widugiery

Polish police detained 21 migrants who had crossed the Lithuanian-Polish border near the village of Widugiery in the Puńsk municipality. The group consisted of 20 men and one woman from Sudan, Morocco, and Ethiopia. Some of the migrants attempted to flee and hide in nearby bushes when they spotted police officers and Territorial Defence Force soldiers, but all were eventually apprehended.

The detainees were handed over to the Border Guard and are expected to be returned to Lithuania under readmission procedures. Since the beginning of 2026, nearly 350 migrants have attempted to enter Poland via the Lithuania route, more than twice as many as during the same period last year.