In the “optimistic scenario”, Lithuania will recover what it will have invested into resettling and integrating refugees within five years. The “pessimistic scenario” draws the line at nine years. In either case, the country will benefit from accepting refugees: Lithuania will have demonstrated its adherence to the European Union values. Not to mention the migrants’ contribution to economic growth. […]
Lithuanian parliamentarians opened discussion on Thursday on a set of laws prepared by the Interior Ministry to legalize the resettlement of asylum-seekers from abroad. The laws also specify their duties and rights along with integration timeframes. […]
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. […]
Asta Borusevičiūtė from Lithuania has been living in Hamburg, Germany, for five years and has been very emotionally involved, along with the entire country, in the ongoing refugee crisis. “I live on this subject. In my circles, everyone’s doing something for them [refugees]. I almost feel guilty for not finding time to help out,” the young woman tells DELFI, adding that she plans to volunteer at a charity processing office. […]
At the European Parliament (EP) vote in Brussels on Thursday on distribution of 120,000 refugees among European Union (EU) member-states, the opinions of Lithuanian MEPs split. […]
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. […]
Representatives of the Order and Justice party, part of the ruling coalition in Lithuania, have proposed to the country’s parliament to express its opposition to a permanent mandatory refugee quota system and call on the government to launch consultations with Poland and other Baltic states on the formulation of a joint position. […]
Lithuania is about to handle more asylum seekers than ever before, but the government says the country is ready for the challenge. Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis tell LRT.lt that, contrary to criticism about the government’s inaction, Lithuania is actively preparing to do its share in dealing with what is said to be the biggest refugee crisis since 1945. […]
Lithuania needs to create a new refugee integration model, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday. […]
The State Security Department will scrutinize every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania to make sure that persons linked with terrorism do not enter the country, says the department’s director Darius Jauniškis. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that the government is not moving fast enough in its preparations to receive refugees. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is unsure how many refugees Lithuania will have to accept because the number will vary depending on how many people the European Union (EU) decides to relocate. […]
A group has asked Vilnius Municipality for permission to stage a rally outside the Representation of the European Commission on 20 September to protest refugee relocation to Lithuania. If authorised, the rally would be attended by up to 100 people. The organisers claim that people are not given enough information about the countries in conflict, that the terms “refugee” and “economic migrant” must be explained in order to reassure people. […]
Lithuania’s top officials have different opinions on Germany’s recent warnings about possible cuts in EU aid for member states that disagree with mandatory refugee quotas. […]
The European Commission (EC) stated on Tuesday it was not considering to cut European Union (EU) structural assistance to countries that disagree with the mandatory migrant quotas. […]
In case of a refugee influx, Lithuania would be ready to resume temporary border controls, says Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Lithuania is of a “sceptical opinion” about a Brussels-proposed mandatory migrant quota system, the country’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday, calling for focusing on border control and sending back migrants without the right to asylum. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius expressed hope that the border control introduced by Germany would not trigger “chain reactions” that would destroy the Schengen zone. […]
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