Refugee Reception Centre

  • Defence

Rukla hosting NATO batalion expects to heal social wounds

Before switching on the dictophone, Gintas Jasiulionis, elder of Rukla, a town in central Lithuania that is hosting the NATO…

8 years ago
  • Society

2 refugee families escape from Refugee Reception Center in Lithuania

Two refugee families have left the Refugee Reception Centre in Rukla, eastern Lithuania, and attempted to leave the country. [...]

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

12 more Syrian refugees arrive in Lithuania under EU programme

Another 12 Syrian refugees arrived in Lithuania on Monday evening under the European Union's resettlement programme. [...]

8 years ago
  • European Union
  • Society

10 refugees from Syria and Iraq arrive in Lithuania under EU programme

Ten refugees from Syria and Iraq arrived in Lithuania in early hours of Friday under the European Union's resettlement programme.To…

8 years ago
  • European Union
  • Society

Over 1,000 refugees to come to Lithuania within one year

With the EU's resettlement programme having reached its midway point, Lithuania faces the challenge of taking in more than a…

8 years ago
  • Society

Refugees ‘learn Russian before they learn Lithuanian’ – minister scolds integration policies

Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas has criticized Lithuania's refugee integration policy, saying that newcomers in integration centres are placed in a…

8 years ago
  • Society

Refugees in Lithuania begin search for work

Refugees resettled in Lithuania have started looking for job, says the country's Labour Exchange which set up a special unit…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian-speaking Afghani refugee receives job offer from businessman-MEP

Lithuanian politician-businessman Antanas Guoga has pledged to give a job to Abdul Basir Yoususi, an Afghani refugee who caught the…

9 years ago
  • Society

Afghan interpreter arrives in Lithuania after Youtube plea

Abdul Basir Yoususi, the Afghani refugee who caught Lithuania's attention in a video revealing himself to have worked as a…

9 years ago
  • Society

Iraqi migrant family sues Lithuanian government for not granting refugee status

An Iraqi migrant family, which were the first to arrive in Lithuania under the European Union's refugee resettlement programme last…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Iraqi refugee family lands in Vilnius

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

9 years ago
  • Politics

Refugee integration funding still to be worked out, Lithuanian deputy minister says

It is too early to tell how much money will be allocated per refugee for their care, says Lithuania's Deputy…

9 years ago
  • Society

Barbershop in Vilnius that prefers to employ refugees

As Lithuania is drafting plans how to integrate refugees from the Middle East that the country has agreed to accept,…

9 years ago
  • Politics

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

There a lack of inter-institutional cooperation in Lithuania as the Baltic country prepares to receive refugees, Speaker of the Lithuanian…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania considers setting up refugee centre divisions across country

Lithuania is considering establishing divisions of the Rukla Foreigners Registration Centre in various municipalities as the country prepares to receive…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Second family from Donetsk moving to Lithuania

The second family of Lithuanian origin is moving to Vilnius from the Ukrainian Donetsk region. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian welfare minister expects municipalities to share refugees voluntarily

Lithuania's Welfare and Labour Minister Algimanta PabedinskienÄ— expects that the country's municipalities will voluntarily share the refugees after their integration…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania gets ready for refugee challenge

As the European Union launches talks on refugee distribution, Lithuanian President Dalia GrybauskaitÄ— says accepting several hundred refugees is not…

9 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania wants to accept up to 200 refugees, according to interior minister

Lithuania's Ministry of the Interior on Monday presented the government with a draft proposal which suggests accepting up to 200…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian parliament committee discusses refugee integration issues

On Thursday, Lithuania's parliament held a public hearing on the report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)…

10 years ago