Lithuanians do not see one solution to migration flow from Belarus, while building a fence was seen as the most effective solution according to a recent opinion poll, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT and Gytis Pankūnas report. Over 4 000 migrants, mostly from Iraq, have entered Lithuania in 2021 moving intoContinue Reading
Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on Lithuania to respect its international human rights commitments in the current migration crisis, and Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said in response that irregular migrants attempting to crossing into the country can hardly be considered refugees. “ItContinue Reading
The Ministry of the Interior will propose an increase of Finland’s refugee quota to 2,000 in the government’s budget negotiations, Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green) has told Yle. Finland’s current refugee quota is 1,050 people. The quota system shares out refugees among EU member states according to a calculation basedContinue Reading
Under the proposed amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, in case of the declaration of war, an emergency or extreme situation due to mass influx of foreigners, asylum requests can be submitted to the State Border Guard Service at border checkpoints or transit zones upon legalContinue Reading
The Lithuanian Migration Department is currently unable to process asylum applications within 10 days due to its heavy workload, the authority’s director said on Thursday. “[Ten days] will not be sufficient, because there are so many applications, and we do not have so many employees, but we have started preparationsContinue Reading
With the help of digital technology and “oral information”, those seeking asylum in Sweden will learn about how it works in this country. The government seems to have come to the conclusion that for many who come here, it is okay with violence in close relationships, female genital mutilation, childContinue Reading