Ukrainians don’t face difficulties after closing the registration facilities, says the division

The final registration middle for Ukrainians in Alytus within the nation was closed final Could, since then refugees must register with the Migration Division.

The United Nations Refugee Company (UNHCR) regional response plan to the refugee state of affairs, revealed in mid-January, states that newly arrived refugees face prolonged registration in Lithuania on account of lack of know-how, lengthy queues and language obstacles.

Because of this, in response to the company, newly arrived refugees face issues reminiscent of lodging, reasonably priced well being care, lack of meals.

The UN company BNS knowledgeable that 548 respondents have been surveyed within the survey used within the plan.

In line with the Migration Division, greater than 52,000 individuals have legitimate short-term residence permits in Lithuania on the premise of short-term safety this yr. Ukrainian warfare refugees, and in response to the info of January 1, 2024, a complete of greater than 86 thousand individuals reside in Lithuania. residents of Ukraine.

“Because of the extraordinarily small proportion of the variety of respondents, it’s tough for the Migration Division to evaluate and touch upon the objectivity and correctness of the data supplied,” reads the Migration Division’s response despatched to BNS.

In line with the division, the variety of Ukrainian warfare refugees arriving in Lithuania for the primary time final yr has stabilized and no important adjustments within the circulation are noticed.

In line with the info of the Migration Division, measured in seven-day averages, in 2023, from a dozen to half a dozen refugees from the Ukrainian warfare will arrive in Lithuania each day.

“Such a circulation of foreigners doesn’t trigger any difficulties for the specialists working within the customer support departments of the Migration Division: all warfare refugees are registered, and through visits they’re supplied with all info in response to their competence in English and Russian. As well as, related info for Ukrainian warfare refugees is supplied in English and Russian on the Migration Division’s name middle,” the division says.

“There aren’t any important disruptions or issues within the registration course of for such people,” he provides.

The Migration Division, amongst different issues, doesn’t undertake to guage the statements acknowledged within the UN company’s plan that “refugees face lengthy registration in Lithuania on account of lack of know-how, lengthy queues and language barrier”.

“In line with our obtainable knowledge, for instance, on January 30, Ukrainians may select 54 totally different unoccupied go to occasions in customer support departments. Every week forward, till February 5, there are as many as 520 such unoccupied go to occasions. Which means that the Migration Division is able to serve a minimum of as many Ukrainian warfare refugees on the time of their alternative,” he factors out.

The division assures that it easily carries out the registration of newly arrived Ukrainian warfare refugees, adjustments the short-term residence permits for Ukrainian warfare refugees who’ve short-term safety in Lithuania. The short-term residence permits of such individuals in Lithuania are legitimate till March 4 of this yr and, after the EU determined to increase the short-term safety mechanism, they’re prolonged till March 4, 2025.

As famous within the plan ready by the UN Refugee Company, as of December 2023, 52 thousand individuals have been registered in Lithuania. refugees from Ukraine, this yr this quantity might attain 65 thousand.