Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lithuania: migrants infiltrated from Belarus staged riots in accommodation centers 
Riots took place in several centers for temporary accommodation of migrants in Lithuania. They were arranged by illegal immigrants from Africa and Asia who entered the republic through Belarus. This was reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the State Border Guard Service under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lithuania Giedrius Mishutis.
According to him, the most serious riots, which involved several hundred people, took place in the accommodation center located at the border guard training school in in the village of Medininkai, Vilnius region.
Migrants shouted dissatisfaction with the conditions of detention and ostentatiously swung the fence installed around the center. It is reported that the riot lasted for several hours, dying down and flaring up with renewed vigor. At the same time, when trying to restore order by the police and border guards, illegal immigrants resisted.
According to Mishutis, tear gas was used. The most aggressive participants in the riots were handcuffed.
Earlier, the Lithuanian temporary detention camp in the city of Rukla, migrants staged a protest demanding their release. They shouted slogans, displayed posters and even broke part of the iron fence. Refugees shouted “Freedom!” While holding the flags of Lithuania and the European Union.