Abdul Basir Yoususi

Antradienio popietės lietus neišgąsdino keliasdešimties žmonių , susirinkusių į Vilniaus centre vykstantį pabėgėlių pikniką.

The family of an Afghan refugee granted asylum in Lithuania is to rejoin him on Friday. aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRmVuLmRlbGZpLmx0JTJGc3Vic2NyaWJlJTJGJmNhbmNlbHVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmRlbGZpLmx0JTJGbWlzYyUyRnBheXdhbGwucGhwJTNGZG8lM0RjYW5jZWwlMjZyJTNEaHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRmVuLmRlbGZpLmx0JTJGc3Vic2NyaWJlJTJGJmNh...

Abdul Basir Youssuf, the Afghani NATO interpreter who had worked with Lithuanian soldiers in Ghor province and was granted asylum in Lithuania after a plea for help on Youtube in Lithuanian, has accepted a job at a resort offered to him by Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga.

Abdul Basir Yoususi, an Afghan national who once worked as interpreter for Lithuanian troops in Afghanistan's Ghor Province and was relocated to the Baltic state a month ago, has been granted refugee status.

Lithuania will not respond to an asylum request via YouTube video from an Afghani refugee saying he has worked with Lithuanian troops in Afghanistan, despite having flown in another Afghani interpreter who made his plea several weeks before.

A second Afghani refugee has made plea for asylum in Lithuania via a youtube video. The country's defence minister says, however, that not all Afghanis who worked with Lithuanian troops deserve to be relocated.

The story of Abdul Basir Yoususi, an Afghani interpreter who used to work with Lithuanian forces in Ghor Province but had to flee his country for fear of the Taliban's retribution, introduced a new angle into the refugee debate in Lithuania.

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.

Afghani refugee Abdul Basir Yoususi was the centre of attention when he arrived in Vilnius International Airport on Wednesday.