Eight Belarusian citizens applied for asylum in Lithuania in January, nine in February and 35 in March, he said.
"The increase is quite significant, but in absolute terms, it is not very high and we cannot speak about a mass arrival of Belarusian and Russian citizens to Lithuania," Liubajevas told the public broadcaster LRT on Monday, adding that the majority of the incoming Belarusians say they are fleeing the Lukashenko regime.
"Most of these Belarusian citizens declare that they are fleeing the Lukashenko regime, fleeing repression, and some say they are involved in opposition activities. There were a number of such people both last year and the year before. (...) There are also young people who declare that they are fleeing forced mobilization, conscription into the army because they do not want to take part in the Russian-organized aggression against Ukraine", the SBGS chief said.
Several asylum applications have also been received from Russian citizens from Russia's Kaliningrad region, he said.
"There have been cases of Russian citizens applying for asylum during their trip on a transit train, and there have also been cases of Russian citizens applying for asylum at checkpoints on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border," Liubajevas said.
Russia launched its military invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Some Russian troops are stationed in Belarus, while Ukrainian officials claim their country's territory is also being shelled from Belarus.