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. […]

NATO is not brain-dead, Mr Macron!

November 20, 2019 0

From the Baltic Way to the Berlin Wall and then all the way to the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990, which was ultimately followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Those were […]

Are we going to allow construction to begin on the second block of the Astravyets nuclear power plant?

November 19, 2019 0

We did not stop the building of the first block of the Astravyets nuclear power plant since we were arguing over who was guiltier instead of actually doing something about it. Maybe we could stop […]

“Farmer” tactics similar to a neighbouring country’s party

November 16, 2019 0

The elections that took place in Poland did not go unnoticed in Lithuania. With Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party has won the trust of its electorate yet again, hope to repeat the same winning […]

MEP Kubilius disappointed with Georgian constitutional amendment

November 15, 2019 0

Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the EPP Lithuanian delegation expresses concern with recent developments in Georgia, when the constitutional amendment on the transition to a proportional electoral system was rejected in the […]

100 days of the president – solely tax tariff increases won’t solve problems

November 14, 2019 0

They say that only after the first one hundred days can you really begin to be more critical of a president’s decisions, choices and behaviour. A hundred days is the limit for when the warmup […]

The welfare state in Lithuania needs war

November 12, 2019 0

There is so much talk about the welfare state vision that it can already be pictured in a physical manifestation – riding as if the Vytis, which was not allowed into Lukiškės Square, on its […]