Rukla refugee reception centre

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The refugees most feared are the best at adapting in Lithuania

From the very start it was emphasised that Lithuania's strategy is to accept vulnerable refugee families with children, but recent…

7 years ago
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Social Ministry proposes additional compensation for refugees

Lithuania's Social Security and Labor Ministry has proposed paying one more benefit to asylum beneficiaries intended for rent of housing.…

7 years ago
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4 refugee families moved directly to Lithuanian municipalities

Four families of Syrian refugees that arrived in Lithuania in June under the European Union (EU) program bypassed the Rukla…

7 years ago
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Most refugees unwilling to remain in Lithuania – one was returned only to disappear again

Of the 344 refugees moved to Lithuania based on the EU programme, 248 have departed the country and so far…

7 years ago
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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…

8 years ago
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Germany sends signal of sending back refugees to Lithuania

Germany's migration authorities have notified Lithuania of its plans to send back yet another refugee to Lithuania. Although he has…

8 years ago
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Biggest cities fear new planned refugee integration scheme

Mayors of some of Lithuania's biggest cities fear the government's plans to move refugees directly to municipalities from April and…

8 years ago
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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…

8 years ago
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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…

8 years ago
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IOM Vilnius and Santa visited Rukla refugee reception centre

200 asylum applicants have been relocated and resettled to Lithuania from Greece and Turkey in 2016. Since it is their…

8 years ago
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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…

8 years ago
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Refugee in Rukla – how do seven people live off of 500 euro?

Abdulrahman Alfahed from Syria arrived with his family at the Rukla Refugee Centre a month and a half ago. The…

8 years ago
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Incident in Rukla appears to be provoked by refugees, elder says

The elder of Rukla, a central Lithuanian town where a refugee reception center is located, says that a recent incident…

8 years ago
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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…

8 years ago
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Iraqi family going to Lithuanian court after residence permit refusal

An Iraqi family of seven that has been relocated to Lithuania but refused a residence permit here has turned to…

8 years ago
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Rukla refugee reception centre may run out of room

After Lithuania started to receive more refugees under the European Union (EU) program, its Rukla refugee reception centre may soon…

8 years ago