New report details abuses against people who crossed into Lithuania from Belarus. Treatment starkly contrasts with reception of people arriving from Ukraine. EU Commission not…
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Lithuania, Latvia and Poland discussed human rights of migrants
Monday, June 27, 2022June 24 saw the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, and included an intervention from the Lithuanian representative…
Lithuania: promoting language learning for faster integration of migrants and refugees
Thursday, February 10, 2022In 2021 the framework for Lithuanian language teaching for third-country nationals as well as language-relevant recommendations were introduced. They further emphasise the importance of language…
270 migrants agreed to leave Lithuania for compensation of 1,000 euros
Monday, February 7, 2022More than 270 migrants will voluntarily leave Lithuania for their country of origin, who will receive a payment of 1,000 euros for this, BNS reports…
Migrants in Lithuania: Six months after their arrival, where are they now?
Thursday, February 3, 2022In the summer of 2021, thousands of migrants entered Lithuania irregularly from Belarus. They found themselves blocked at the border of the European Union and…
185 migrants were turned back over weekend in Latvia
Monday, January 24, 2022For comparison, the weekend before, 113 people tried to enter Latvia. On Friday, January 21, officials of the State Border Guard prevented 55 people from…
58 migrants turned back on Latvia-Belarus border Wednesday
Thursday, January 20, 2022Since the announcement of the state of emergency on the Latvia-Belarus border August 10, the Border Guard has prevented 4,905 persons from crossing the border.…
Lithuania returns almost 100 migrants to Iraq
Wednesday, January 5, 2022The Lithuanian government says it flew 98 people back to Iraq over the weekend. It was the first chartered flight to return migrants who had…
Lithuania pays migrants €1,000 to return to Iraq
Monday, January 3, 2022The largest group of migrants to break through the Lithuanian-Belarusian border at the height of the latest migrant crisis has been returned to Baghdad. 98…
Insufficient information in English is hinders migrants’ participation in political life
Thursday, December 23, 2021Other recommendations include a need to improve the collection and updating of general data on EU citizens residing in Latvia and to inform them more effectively about…