Government formation talks between the National Coalition Party, the Finns Party, the Swedish People’s Party and the Christian Democrats entered their fourth week on Tuesday, with the focus now turning to the potentially divisive topics of immigration and climate policy. If the four parties cannot find a consensus on theseContinue Reading
Some 36 percent of Finns would like to see the next government make it easier for people to immigrate to Finland, according to the results of a survey published on Monday by the farming union newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus. However, 42 percent of respondents reported being against the idea that immigrationContinue Reading
Foreign investors in Lithuanian would like to have the possibility to employ workers from other countries more easily, representatives of the Investors’ Forum say after meeting with Lithuanian ministers on Tuesday. Businessmen would also want funds from the European recovery fund to be allocated not only to small businesses butContinue Reading
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda is on Thursday leaving for Brussels to take part in an EU summit and propose a review of the bloc’s migration policy. “At this week’s European Council meeting in Brussels, the president will present Lithuania’s proposals for changes to the EU’s legislation on migration, asylum andContinue Reading
Although migrant flows at the European Union’s border with Belarus are under control, the crisis is not yet over and the bloc needs to give more priority to this matter, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday. “Even though the situation seems under control, the flows are not diminishing,”Continue Reading
The Finnish Coast Guard has launched seven criminal investigations after migrants who crossed the Belarusian border were found in Finland. Some had arrived on ferries from Estonia. Newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reported on Thursday that some of the migrants had arrived on passenger ferries and were hidden in the trunks of cars. TheContinue Reading
Several illegal migrants who have entered Lithuania this year have rented homes thus avoiding months-long detention. The portal wrote about S. Z., an Iraqi national, who had managed to find and rent an apartment in Vilnius while staying in detention. Then he went to the District Court of Vilnius RegionContinue Reading
Some 300 migrant children will start learning the Lithuanian language in October as stipulated by international and Lithuanian law. There are no plans to teach migrant children other languages. „Based on the currently available information, around 300 migrant children will start attending lessons on October 1. (..) Under the existingContinue Reading
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday ruled not to extend the interim measures introduced in the case of five Afghan migrants against Lithuania. The ECHR stated that the decision was made taking into account the fact that the mentioned Afghan citizens are now in the territory ofContinue Reading
Shortly before Finland evacuated 413 Afghan and Finnish citizens from Kabul in late August, the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) announced that it would suspend deportations of asylum seekers to Afghanistan. While this came as relief to those who were facing imminent removal to one of the most dangerous places inContinue Reading