Lithuania to set up new agency for migrant reception
Lithuania will establish a new agency to handle the reception and accommodation of migrants, the interior ministry said.
Lithuania’s parliament passed the respective amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, with 96 votes in favour, one against, and nine abstentions.
The new agency will provide social care, accommodation, and other essential services to asylum seekers, foreign nationals granted asylum in Lithuania, and irregular migrants pending expulsion from the country.
The agency will be subordinate to the social security and labour ministries and will include the refugee reception centre.
The refugee reception centre is currently located in the central Lithuanian town of Rukla, and a refugee reception camp is in the capital, Vilnius.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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