Zigmas Vaišvila
Politics

Group to collect signatures against refugee resettlement in Lithuania

A group wants to collect 50,000 signatures under a petition which would force parliament to reconsider refugee resettlement in Lithuania. […]

Refugees in Rotterdam
Opinion

Opinion: Let’s learn from others’ mistakes on refugee integration

“We’re taking 1,105 refugees only and no more. We’ll house them in closed off areas and then ask them to leave. That’s how Lithuania will resist the EU ‘Diktat’, defend its sovereignty and avoid the trouble plaguing Europe”. That’s the talk of certain politicians who have remained silent about the fact that, in recent years, the number of foreigners has risen sharply without a single refugee having been accepted and with immigration challenges still to be faced. […]

Andrey Nekrasov
Uncategorized

Lithuania grants political asylum to Russian journalist Andrey Nekrasov

The Lithuanian Migration Department has granted political asylum to journalist Andrey Nekrasov who faces persecution by the Russian law enforcement. […]

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Uncategorized

Russia’s population drain of the century

A week ago, President of Russia Vladimir Putin took on the issue of emigration in Lithuania, wildly exaggerating the drain it has had on the country’s population. What he chose to ignore was that the problem is even more pronounced in his own country: people are fleeing Russia in higher numbers than ever before. Lithuania is one of the destination of their choice. […]