The Lithuanian Minister presented the situation about the influx of illegal migrants from the Belarusian territory to Lithuania, crossing the Belarusian-Lithuanian border outside of official crossing points. She informed that from January to mid-July 2021, the border of Lithuania and Belarus has been crossed by about 24 times more illegal migrants than in the whole of 2020. As a result, Lithuania's reception capacity is slowly running out.
  
Minister Mariusz Kamiński expressed his solidarity with the Lithuanian side in the face of this problem as well as the instrumentalisation of migration by the Belarusian regime. He underlined that the Polish side is ready to provide support adequate to the resources at its disposal, both bilaterally and within the framework of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX). As part of its support to the FRONTEX Agency, the Border Guard offered to send 9 patrol teams, a helicopter with technical support and a MSU surveillance vehicle. The mobile surveillance units (MSUs) serve as ad hoc observation posts. They are equipped with optical and thermo-optical equipment.
  
In response to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism launched by Lithuania on 15 July this year, Poland offered in-kind assistance. The Polish side will provide, among others: 20 multi-person tents, blankets, camp beds, heaters, and generators. Transport of Polish aid is planned for next week.
  
During the meeting, the ministers confirmed the continuation of the ongoing intensive cooperation between the migration and border services of Poland and Lithuania in solving the current problem of increasing illegal migration at the external Schengen border.