refugees

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

May 25, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

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). […]

Abdul Basir Yoususi
Foreign affairs

Afghan interpreter granted refugee status in Lithuania

May 18, 2016 BNS 0

Abdul Basir Yoususi, an Afghan national who once worked as interpreter for Lithuanian troops in Afghanistan‘s Ghor Province and was relocated to the Baltic state a month ago, has been granted refugee status. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
Society

Lithuanian MEP offers home to Iraqi refugee family

May 6, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuanian member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius is sheltering a refugee family from Iraq for half a year, Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]

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Society

Syrian refugee couple in Lithuania granted refugee status

April 25, 2016 BNS 0

A Syrian couple relocated to Lithuania under the EU’s refugee relocation program have been granted refugee status. […]

Abdul Basir Yoususi
CORPORATE

The story of the refugee who captured Lithuania’s imagination

April 13, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Local interpreters who worked with NATO troops in Afghanistan knew they were risking their lives and the compensation many of them received turned out to be inadequate, especially after the Alliance pulled out. […]