International Organization for Migration Archives

Lithuania’s H1 immigration doubles, emigration down by almost a fourth

July 10, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s immigration rate more than doubled in the first half of this year compared with a year ago, while its emigration rate fell by almost one-fourth, according to the latest official statistics. […]

Lithuania provides EUR 50,000 in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

December 4, 2017 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has provided 50,000 euros in humanitarian aid to Ukraine. […]

Emigration from Lithuania no longer impacted by economic growth

April 4, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s economic indicators are no longer having an impact on emigration flows, a new trend that has been observed in recent years, the head of the Vilnius office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. […]

IOM Vilnius and Santa visited Rukla refugee reception centre

January 3, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

200 asylum applicants have been relocated and resettled to Lithuania from Greece and Turkey in 2016. Since it is their first Christmas in Lithuania, International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vilnius together with Rukla refugee reception centre organized an initiative to share the Christmas spirit with them, IOM announced in a press release. […]

Western optimism has turned into months of waiting: sanctions don’t seem to be working for Russia

January 25, 2023 0

Western optimism that sanctions on Russian goods will soon bring Russia to its knees has turned into months of waiting, but the aggressor’s economy has not collapsed, lrytas.lt portal reported. Summer and autumn have passed, […]

Human rights political agenda based on chams, the disappearance of which brings headaches, anxiety, and despair

January 25, 2023 0

A study by researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) (Morkevičius et al., 2022) revealed that the attitudes of political parties towards human rights in Lithuania change with the elections, depending on whether the party […]

In the Lachine Corridor. Geopolitical journeys of a Lithuanian

January 25, 2023 0

The village of Lachin (which the Armenians call Berdzor, by the way) is a kind of symbol of the strife and lawlessness of one of the significant South Caucasian conflicts. It was once home to […]

Let’s take off the rose-tinted glasses before the Vilnius NATO summit: we are vulnerable

January 23, 2023 0

Lithuania will host the NATO summit this summer, but many issues remain unresolved, with six months to go until mid-Summer. Vilnius will be hot, not only because of the summer and July weather but also […]

Prologue on Russia’s past, present and future. Answer to MEP Kubilius’ article

January 20, 2023 0

A response to MEP Andrius Kubilius’ article “Our Russian” psychological complexes‘ by Grigory Amnuel: a film director, producer, publicist and politician. (The article in Russian) Frankly speaking, I wanted to answer, or rather to start […]

Reserve Colonel: “If day x comes, people, we don’t know today will volunteer”

January 19, 2023 0

Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSDK), proposes to appoint a Deputy Minister of National Defence, who would be responsible only for the organisation of civil resistance. During the […]