The lawsuit against the Lithuanian state by a migrant family from Iraq who arrived in Lithuania last December under the European Union's refugee resettlement programme will help clarify refugee handling procedures, according to legal experts.
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An Iraqi migrant family, which were the first to arrive in Lithuania under the European Union's refugee resettlement programme last December, is suing the Migration Department for not granting them refugee status.
A new information portal designed to ease immigration to Lithuania for highly-skilled specialists and investors from outside the EU is launching this week. The project, entitled Internet Gates, is managed by Invest Lithuania, the foreign direct investment development agency.
“We’re taking 1,105 refugees only and no more. We’ll house them in closed off areas and then ask them to leave. That’s how Lithuania will resist the EU 'Diktat', defend its sovereignty and avoid the trouble plaguing Europe”. That’s the talk of certain politicians who have remained silent about the f...
While Lithuania‘s political leadership vehemently supports Ukrainian statehood and territorial integrity, there are residents in the country who support separatists in Ukraine and even fight on their side. One such person has recently had his residency permit revoked.
The Lithuanian parliament passed legislation on Thursday that clears up regulations of refugee resettlement in the country.
A delegation from Lithuania, led by Elvinas Jankevičius, Deputy Minister of Interior, is starting a visit in Greece on Monday where officials of both countries will discuss resettlement of refugees.
Lithuania's Migration Department "undoubtedly properly" examined Russian journalist Andrey Nekrasov's application for political asylum, presidential adviser on foreign policy issues Renaldas Vaisbrodas says.
The Lithuanian Migration Department has granted political asylum to journalist Andrey Nekrasov who faces persecution by the Russian law enforcement.
The State Security Department will scrutinize every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania to make sure that persons linked with terrorism do not enter the country, says the department's director Darius Jauniškis.
Lithuania's Ministry of the Interior is considering establishing a special division to coordinate inter-institutional activity in the area of migration, Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.
Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Russian journalist Andrey Nekrasov, who has been detained in Cyprus under a Moscow-issued arrest warrant and should soon be handed over to Lithuania, is eligible for asylum in this country, adding that the decision will be made by the Migrat...
Cyprus might hand over Russian journalist Andrey Nekrasov, recently detained in the country under a Moscow-issued arrest warrant, to Lithuania as he arrived in Cyprus on a Lithuanian visa, officials said on Wednesday.
A week ago, President of Russia Vladimir Putin took on the issue of emigration in Lithuania, wildly exaggerating the drain it has had on the country's population. What he chose to ignore was that the problem is even more pronounced in his own country: people are fleeing Russia in higher numbers than...
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, under which responsible institutions will be obliged to provide the Migration Department with their conclusions on individuals who have applied for a residence permit in Lithuania.
Ukraine's Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavičius may lose his Lithuanian citizenship, as Lithuania's laws do not provide for an exception for emigrants of Lithuanian origin.
Lithuania has suspended the decisions on granting asylums to Ukrainian citizens, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Wednesday.
On March 25, the Government will consider the reform of the migration system and the Migration Department. Based on the information available to ELTA news agency, it will be proposed to close down the Migration Department and transfer its functions to the Police Department.
Lithuanian institutions suggest that the country should no longer keep secret the national black list of people barred from entering Lithuania due to potential threat to national security.
The national television news service announced that the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania has promised to ascertain who and for what reason issued a residence permit to Akhmed Yevloyev, a Russian citizen who is alleged to be a high-ranking crime lord.
