Social assistance for vulnerable migrants, such as pregnant women, children, unaccompanied minors, and the disabled, is already being organized at migrant accommodation sites which currently number over 30, the ministry said in a press release.
"Mobile team specialists are working with the most vulnerable migrants at the Vydeniai school in Varena District today," it quoted Social Security and Labor Minister Monika Navickiene as saying. "They will travel to the village of Lipliunai, in Druskininkai Municipality, tomorrow and to the Border Guard School in Vilnius District on Friday."
The ministry plans to have five mobile teams, 16 specialists in total, by October. They will periodically visit all migrant accommodation sites.
The specialists identify migrant's needs and assess their emotional state, and refer them to doctors and psychologists if needed.
Migrants are also informed about their possibilities to return to their home country or receive the services they need while living in the camp, according to the press release.
Over 4,100 migrants, mainly Iraqis, have crossed into Lithuania from Belarus illegally so far this year, compared to just 81 in all of 2020. According to the Migration Department, more than 100 irregular migrants have already been sent back to their countries of origin.
Lithuania has declared a state-level extreme situation over the unprecedented migration influx which it says is being orchestrated by the Belarusian regime.