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9 Eritrean refugees arrive in Lithuania under EU program
Nine Eritrean refugees arrived in Lithuania this week under the EU’s resettlement program, the Migration Department said on Thursday. […]
CORPORATE
Supporter of the „Islamic State“ was detained, tens more are being watched
In the report of threats to the national security only few of the 38 pages are dedicated to terrorism. It has stated that last year the threat of terrorism in Europe was huge and the […]
Defence
Intelligence bars relocation of 9 refugees amid security threat
Lithuania’s intelligence agencies have barred relocation of nine refugees under the European Union (EU) program after establishing that their presence in the country would jeopardize national security, the State Security Department said. […]
Politics
Lithuania can still fulfill its refugee commitment, but not at any cost – PM
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania can still fulfill its commitment to accept over 1,100 refugees by the end of this year, but adds that this will not be done “at any cost”. […]
Politics
Society
First refugee family relocated to Lithuania lose their residence permit
The Iraqis who in December 2015 became the first refugee family relocated to Lithuania under the EU’s resettlement program have lost their residence permit as they failed to return to the country from Sweden within six months. […]
Society
Eight refugees from Eritrea relocated to Lithuania
Eight refugees from Eritrea, a country in northeastern Africa, have been relocated to Lithuania under the European Union (EU) program, the Migration Department said on Friday. […]
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 enhanced Forward Presence battalion, asks BNS journalists to produce their press cards – he explains he wants to make sure he is not targeted by the Russian propaganda. […]
Society
Refugees to be relocated only to municipalities ready to accept them – SocMin
Refugees will be relocated from camps in Greece, Turkey or Italy directly to Lithuanian municipalities that will be willing and ready to take them in, Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis said on Friday. […]
Society
Society
Lithuania to relocate refugees directly to municipalities from April
Lithuania’s non-governmental organizations should shortly provide a list of municipalities willing to receive refugees directly from camps in Greece, Turkey or Italy, with plans to implement the new scheme starting April, says Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis. […]
Society
Ministers off to Rukla to inquire about refugee integration issues
Lithuania’s ministers of interior affairs and social security and labour, Eimutis Misiūnas and Linas Kukuraitis, are Monday going to the Refugee Reception Centre in Rukla to inquire about refugee integration issues. […]
Politics
What to observe in Lithuanian politics in 2017
BNS Lithuania news agency lists the most important 2017 projected events on the political and public arena in Lithuania. […]
Society
New SocMin proposes to change refugee reception rules
Social Security and Labour Minister-designate Linas Kukuraitis proposes to change, based on Estonia’s model, the way migrants are integrated in Lithuania in order to stop relocated refugees from leaving the country. […]
Society
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Society
Socmin to call for faster processing of asylum applications
Lithuania’s Social Security and Labour Minister Algimanta Pabedinskienė has said following attacks on refugees in Rukla that asylum applications should be processed faster by migration authorities. […]