A second Afghani refugee has made plea for asylum in Lithuania via a youtube video. The country’s defence minister says, however, that not all Afghanis who worked with Lithuanian troops deserve to be relocated. […]
Local interpreters who worked with NATO troops in Afghanistan knew they were risking their lives and the compensation many of them received turned out to be inadequate, especially after the Alliance pulled out. […]
Free movement within the European Union‘s Schengen zone is facing a challenge, unless the EU effectively protects its external borders, says Renatas Požėla, the chief of Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service. […]
“Laba diena visiems iš Lietuvos,” Basir, a refugee from Afghanistan‘s Ghor Province, addresses people of Lithuania and the country’s president in a youtube video posted by an American journalist from a refugee camp in Greece. […]
After two days of negotiations, Turkey and the European Union reached a compromise agreement on a plan to reduce the flow of migrants from the Middle East to Europe. At a summit concluding March 18, the heads of government of the 28 EU members and their Turkish counterparts approved the plan, which should take effect March 20. While the deal could help reduce the number of migrants arriving in Europe, questions remain about the signatories’ ability and commitment to fully enforce it. […]
The European Union and Turkey agreed on a deal on Friday which will mean that migrants arriving in Greece from Sunday will be sent back across the Aegean Sea. […]
The European Union‘s (EU) agreement with Turkey on returning migrants may open new migration routes to Europe, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after arriving at the European Summit on Thursday. […]
As part of the European Union‘s attempt to help solve the migrant and refugee crisis, Lithuania plans to provide Turkey, which has pledged to accept illegal immigrants traveling to Greece, with €5.2 million. […]
After the European Union cut off migrant routes via Libya to Italy and agreed with Turkey to stem migrant flows across the Aegean to Greece, the Baltic States fear that migrants from the Middle East might discover new routes via Russia, making them their gateway to the European Union. […]
On Monday, Lithuania’s Ministry of the Interior announced that two Syrian refugees had been relocated to Lithuania in accordance with the European Union’s agreement with Greece. […]
European Council President Donald Tusk has said economic migrants will not be welcome in Europe, making an appeal not to come and warning they will they will be turned away. […]
The European Union‘s response to Greece‘s requests for refugee relocation has been disappointing so far, Greek Ambassador to Lithuania Iraklis Asteriadis says. […]
Lithuanian border guards have already detained a range of illegal immigrants from Syria and Lebanon but the path into the EU through Lithuania is still relatively undiscovered according to Dainius Dautartas, a Major in the State Border Guard Service Major. […]
Lithuania and the European Union is likely to fail to implement the refugee resettlement plan, says Government Vice-Chancellor Rimantas Vaitkus. […]
The European Union might have to sacrifice the free movement of people for the sake of security, if it fails to control the flow of migrants, Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Strengthening of relations with the Eastern partners remains one of the most important objectives for 2016, Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius told LRT Radio. […]
Lithuanians should show their support for the EU not just in relation to EU investments in energy projects in Lithuania but also in helping other EU member states to solve the refugee crisis, says Vytenis Andriukaitis, the EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner. […]
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