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. […]
Lithuania‘s State Border Guard Service (VSAT) officials will hold a tactical exercise in Švenčionių region near the border with Belarus to prepare for an expected increase in illegal immigrants trying to cross into Lithuania. After […]
Lithuanian politician-businessman Antanas Guoga has pledged to give a job to Abdul Basir Yoususi, an Afghani refugee who caught the nation’s attention last week with a youtube video where he asked, in Lithuanian, for a refuge in the country. […]
Abdul Basir Yoususi, the Afghani refugee who caught Lithuania’s attention in a video revealing himself to have worked as a Lithuanian-speaking interpreter for Lithuanian NATO forces in Afghanistan‘s Ghor province, arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania will not support radical proposals for the overhaul of the refugee system as long as the European Union’s borders aren’t completely secured, said president Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Basir Yousof, the Afghani refugee in Greece who made waves in Lithuania after appearing in a video asking for asylum in Lithuania and revealing himself to have worked with Lithuanian forces as an interpreter in Afghanistan‘s Ghor province, may have his request granted after a positive reception from both Lithuanian security institutions and the general public. […]
“Laba diena visiems iš Lietuvos,” Basir, a refugee from Afghanistan‘s Ghor Province, addresses people of Lithuania and the country’s president in a youtube video posted by an American journalist from a refugee camp in Greece. […]
Lithuania’s Social Democrat Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has criticised coalition partner, the Labour Party‘s proposal to stop more refugees coming to Lithuania, saying such an initiative is excessive and would do more damage than good to Lithuania. […]
The Labour Party suggested this week that Lithuania should refuse to accept any more refugees than it has already committed, that is 1,105 over the course of two years. What do you think? […]
Lithuania’s Labour Party has issued a statement, saying that the country should not to accept any more refugees than it has already committed to. […]
After two days of negotiations, Turkey and the European Union reached a compromise agreement on a plan to reduce the flow of migrants from the Middle East to Europe. At a summit concluding March 18, the heads of government of the 28 EU members and their Turkish counterparts approved the plan, which should take effect March 20. While the deal could help reduce the number of migrants arriving in Europe, questions remain about the signatories’ ability and commitment to fully enforce it. […]
The European Union and Turkey agreed on a deal on Friday which will mean that migrants arriving in Greece from Sunday will be sent back across the Aegean Sea. […]
The European Union‘s (EU) agreement with Turkey on returning migrants may open new migration routes to Europe, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after arriving at the European Summit on Thursday. […]
Europe must, at least temporarily, close its doors to economic migrants according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, because it is clear to her that the European Union‘s states cannot “absorb” and integrate such a large number of arrivals. […]
On Wednesday, the Vilnius Country Administrative Court heard a case brought before it by the first family of Iraqi refugees to arrive in Lithuania. After the court hearing, Yasser Al-Any spoke to journalists about trouble finding work and procuring food. […]
As part of the European Union‘s attempt to help solve the migrant and refugee crisis, Lithuania plans to provide Turkey, which has pledged to accept illegal immigrants traveling to Greece, with €5.2 million. […]
After the European Union cut off migrant routes via Libya to Italy and agreed with Turkey to stem migrant flows across the Aegean to Greece, the Baltic States fear that migrants from the Middle East might discover new routes via Russia, making them their gateway to the European Union. […]
With Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia all banning migrants from transiting through their territory, refugees and immigrants may try to come through the eastern border of Lithuania as they seek other routes into the European Union, according to the Lithuanian Interior Minister. […]
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