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Lithuanian border guards detained a UK citizen late on Tuesday, illegally taking an Iraqi family of four, who had asked for asylum in Lithuania, to Poland.
UK citizen detained in Lithuania for illegally taking Iraqi family to Poland
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According to the State Border Guard Service, border guards from Kalvarija border checkpoint stopped a Mazda 5 with British plates in the village of Salaperaugis on the Marijampolė-Suwalki road.

The car was driven by a British citizen, 42, with all necessary documents. There were also four

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