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‘People thought Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler weren’t real refugees either’

The latest wave of refugees and migrants to Europe has barely touched Lithuania, and only 11 have been relocated to Lithuania out of its total quota of 1,105. However, many people have expressed a number of unclear fears about the migrants and refugees and seem to lack solidarity with Western Europe, which has received the most refugees and migrants, according to Eglė Verseckaitė, a professor at the University of Management and Economics (ISM). […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Klaus Iohannis
European Union

Penalties ‘don’t solve anything’ in refugee crisis – Romanian president

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has criticized the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to penalize countries that refuse to take in migrants. Sanctions do not help solve anything, Iohannis said on Wednesday in Vilnius. […]

Pietro Parolin
Foreign affairs

‘Fear is the worst counsellor’ – Vatican official on refugees

Refugees were the focus of Monday’s meeting between Lithuania‘s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Vatican‘s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. […]

Refugees
Foreign affairs

Syrian refugee family arrive in Lithuania under EU resettlement programme

A Syrian family of five have arrived in Lithuania from Turkey under the European Union‘s (EU) resettlement programme. […]

Basir in a refugee camp in Greece
Foreign affairs

Poll: Should Lithuania grant asylum to army interpreters?

The story of Abdul Basir Yoususi, an Afghani interpreter who used to work with Lithuanian forces in Ghor Province but had to flee his country for fear of the Taliban’s retribution, introduced a new angle into the refugee debate in Lithuania. […]