30/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – On 30 July, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, announced that 60 additional officers had arrived in Lithuania to help manage migration on its border with Belarus. In early July, the Lithuanian authorities had asked Frontex for additional support and rapid border intervention. According to a statement, Frontex currently has 100 officers, 30 patrol cars and two helicopters deployed in Lithuania. Experts from the Frontex-run European Centre for Returns will also visit Vilnius next week to discuss potential support from Frontex. Since the beginning of the year, the Lithuanian authorities have registered more than 3,200 illegal entries from Belarus. More than half of the migrants detected were from Iraq, followed by nationals from Congo (Brazzaville) and Cameroon. Commissioner Ylva Johansson will be on site on 1 and 2 August. (SP)