During a patrol on Tuesday afternoon, border guards from Tverečius border check point spotted a large group of people walking down the road.
After approaching the people the border guards saw four Iraqi and 16 presumably Afghani citizens. Two men and two women had Iraqi passports without Schengen visas. The remaining people, including 3 men, 5 women and 8 minors, had no documents at all and said they were Afghanistan citizens.
The migrants were questioned via an interpreter. They later filled in request for temporary residence permits in Lithuania.