Places of accommodation for migrants half empty

There are currently just over 300 foreigners living in Lithuania’s illegal migrant accommodation facilities out of some 3,400 foreigners who were accommodated there in the beginning of this year. A total of 220 persons are currently staying in Pabradė and Kybartai Foreigners’ Registration Centres. The remaining 124 are living in Rukla and Naujininkai, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said.

Beatričė Bernotienė, head of the Refugee Reception Centre, told ELTA that there are 93 persons living in the Rukla accommodation centre, 87 out of which are illegal migrants, according to the data available on 30 November. Twenty-five migrants have been granted asylum, 47 have applied for refugee status and 15 of them are illegal migrants. In terms of age, Rukla is currently a home for 63 adults and 26 children.