Over 2,500 Ukrainian construction workers work in Lithuania – association

The Lithuanian Migration Department estimates their number will grow 30-50 percent next year.

The department issued 22,200 visas to Ukrainians in the seven months of this year, compared to over 23,000 visas over the last year. And 80 percent of them were issued to Ukrainians. Another 6,300 Ukrainians received Lithuanian residence permits, compared to almost 6,000 residence permits issued to Ukrainians over the whole last year.

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“Over the next few years the number of Ukrainian citizens coming to Lithuania will continue to grow. It will happen due to a lack of workforce in Lithuania and a visa free regime for Ukrainian citizens. If immigration continues to grow at this rate, we can expect the number of incoming Ukrainians to grow 30-50 percent next year, compared to this year,” Evelina Gudzinskaitė, head of the Migration Department, told BNS Lithuania.

Dalius Gedvilas, head of the Lithuanian Association of Construction Workers, says around 2,500 Ukrainians are now employed by Lithuanian construction companies. But these are only estimates as some of them are employed via Ukrainian-registered companies and in that case people don’t need visas.

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