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As many as 75% of Ukrainian war refugees intend to return to Ukraine once it is safe to do so, a poll by the Lithuanian office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM Lithuania) shows.

The Government has extended the deadline for Ukrainian refugees working in Lithuania to learn the state language.

Lithuania's authorities are ready to respond to possible tensions on the border with Belarus and are preparing premises to quarantine refugees, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday.

Lithuania's government decided to change the existing rules for the accommodation of refugees in the country so that European funds could be used to improve their living conditions.

The Lithuanian government has extended until late June 2021 the deadline for meeting the country's commitment to take in over 1,000 refugees.

Pope Francis, arriving in Lithuania on Saturday, might ask the Baltic states for solidarity in accepting refugees escaping war conflicts, Vatican journalists told BNS Lithuania.

The European Union remains the center of attraction for economic refugees seeking a better life despite a deal with Turkey that was signed two years ago, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said.

Asylum seekers are not allowed to take up jobs or start businesses in Lithuania until they have been granted temporary or permanent residence, but international and some local experts say that changing the rules would benefit the economy and refugee integration, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on...

As the European Union (EU) is preparing to revise the asylum system, Lithuania remains in the club of the organization's Eastern members that are against automatic distribution of refugees among member-states.

Darius Jauniškis, the director of the Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD), says that intelligence agencies are increasingly open to communication with the public as they cannot remain invisible services in this information age.

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that it has allocated 20,000 euros in humanitarian aid for refugees from Myanmar.

Lithuania will not slow down the pace of relocation of refugees after expiry of the European Union's (EU) two-year program, says Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas.

Lithuania's Foreign Ministry has earmarked 20,000 euros in humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees.

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

Another ten refugees from Eritrea have arrived in Lithuania under the European Union's (EU) program, the Migration Department said on Friday.

The number of refugees relocated to Lithuania under the EU's resettlement program has reached 400, but most of them have already left the country.

In March 2016, Ms. Merkel and Mr. Erdogan reached an agreement on refugees, which would eventually involve all of Europe. Countless refugees, namely Syrians, were trying to reach Europe and in particular Germany, where public opinion slowly started to show signs of opposition to their reception.