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Tenuous immigration agreement between EU and Turkey

March 21, 2016 STRATFOR 0

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. […]

Refugee support rally in Vilnius. Photo Facebook

Refugee support rally in Vilnius says racism fuels anti-migrant sentiment in Lithuania

February 29, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

A rally organized in Vilnius this Saturday called for solidarity with refugees from war-stricken zones in the Middle East, while a similarly-sized counter-rally voiced concerns about a “clash of cultures” and security. […]

Border police detain Finnish citizen and illegal immigrant from Iraq

February 22, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanian border police arrested an illegal immigrant from Iraq and a Finnish citizen allegedly trying to smuggle him through Lithuania on Friday. […]

The first Iraqi refugee family arrived in Lithuania last December

Migrant family case against Lithuania will help clarify refugee rules, say experts

January 19, 2016 LT Daily 0

The lawsuit against the Lithuanian state by a migrant family from Iraq who arrived in Lithuania last December under the European Union‘s refugee resettlement programme will help clarify refugee handling procedures, according to legal experts. […]

Iraqi refugee family lands in Vilnius

December 15, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The first group of Iraqi refugees relocated to Lithuania through an EU programme arrived in Vilnius on Tuesday afternoon. […]

First refugee family to come to Lithuania next week

December 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The list of potential asylum seekers to be resettled in Lithuania was longer, but after security tests officials decided to relocate only one family. At the moment, there is no new information about other refugees who could soon arrive in Lithuania, Deputy Interior Elvinas Jankevičius told reporters on Tuesday. […]

No ‘inter-institutional coordination’ as Lithuania prepares for refugees, parliament speaker says

September 28, 2015 BNS 0

There a lack of inter-institutional cooperation in Lithuania as the Baltic country prepares to receive refugees, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė said on Monday after her visit to the Refugees Reception Centrė in Rukla, central Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian universities to offer free spots to refugees

September 25, 2015 BNS 0

Every university of Lithuania intends to enrol between several and a few dozen refugees, financing their tuition. […]

Lithuanian border guards hand over 8 migrants from Iraq to Poland

September 18, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian border guards on Thursday handed over eight migrants from Iraq to their Polish counterparts, the State Border Guard Service said. […]

Opinion: The refugee crisis will define Europe’s future

September 18, 2015 Andras Simonyi 0

While the refugee and migrant crisis is an existential problem for Europe, it is also a huge opportunity. The way it is handled will critically impact not only the future direction of Europe, but also its identity – the European ethos – economics, demographics and indeed (don’t be scared!) culture. Encapsulated in the current drama is an opportunity, which only few leaders and very few countries see as they are overwhelmed by the immediate tasks. If handled right, Europe will come out stronger. […]

Opinion: Not human enough to be saved

September 17, 2015 Christopher Patrick Kline 0

It is a wrenching image. And it is an image that now speaks as the symbol for the refugee crisis shaming all of Europe. The tiny corpse of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Kurdish boy from the besieged Syrian city of Kobane, washed up on a Turkish shore like so much refuse. He had escaped ISIL, but he could not escape the wrath of the sea. […]

Lithuanian border guards bust Iraqi group headed for Finland

September 16, 2015 BNS 0

A group of illegal migrants from Iraq have been apprehended in Lithuania near the border with Poland. […]

Lithuanian president to visit Iraqi refugee families

September 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday will visit homes in St. Peter and St. Paul parish and together with Vilnius Archbishop Gintaras Grušas will meet with families from Iraq living there. […]

Catholic Church plans to accept more Iraqis in Lithuania

September 7, 2015 BNS 0

The Catholic Church of Lithuania plans to accept more Iraqi Christians who are being persecuted in their homeland, Vilnius Metropolitan Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, head of the Lithuanian Archbishops’ Conference, says. […]

24-year-old volunteer wants to help Lithuanians better understand refugee crisis

September 2, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

As Lithuania has committed to chip in on the EU’s efforts to deal with the refugee crisis and accept some three hundred war-fleeing people from Syria and Eritrea, many Lithuanians have expressed sentiments that are far from welcoming. Not 26-year-old Marija Fedotovaitė, however, who is set to go the Greek Island of Lesbos to volunteer in camps for refugees that have been coming in thousands to Southern Europe. […]

Lithuanian meat processors interested in export opportunities to Iraq

July 21, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A meeting between new Ambassador of Iraq to Lithuania, Asaad Sultan Hachim Abu Galal, and representatives of Lithuanian meat processors interested in export opportunities to Iraq was organised at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. […]

Foreign minister: Nobody should doubt Lithuania’s willingness to help refugees

July 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania is not seeking particular quotas or figures as regards the migrant issue, however, it wants the criteria according to which refugees are distributed among the member-states to be transparent and correspondent to the country’s actual possibilities of taking in people. […]