Migration Roundup, 25-10-2026

1. Belarusian citizens will be able to apply for Lithuanian residence permits in Armenia and Georgia.
2. The US is tightening its visa rules in an effort to curb “birth tourism.”
3. The Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial project has published a new review: another 24 stories of Russians who left the country, then returned home and ended up behind bars.
4. Finland has granted asylum to anti-war Russians Olga and Nikita Belov, who had been slated for deportation.
5. The mayor of Vilnius has again failed to secure an entry ban on Morgenshtern to Lithuania. (For the court’s reasoning in overturning the first entry ban, read here.)
6. German journalist Sergei Mayer became a “one-off agent” for the Russian security services — while conducting his own investigation. He found out how recruitment works in Europe.
7. Croatia has decided to hand over to Germany a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines.

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