asylum

Lithuania yet to decide whether to take in asylum seekers or pay money, says deputy min

Lithuania has not yet decided whether it will take a quota of asylum seekers set for each year in the wake of the new EU-level decisions on migration and...

11 Belarusians ask for asylum in Lithuania

Some 11 Belarusian citizens have asked for asylum in Lithuania recently.

Lithuania to grant asylum to 2 or 3 migrants rescued from Mediterranean

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis instructed the Interior Ministry on Tuesday to launch the procedures for granting asylum to two or three...

Lithuania rejects Russian nationalist Gorsky's asylum plea

Lithuania's Migration Department this week rejected a political asylum application submitted by nationalist Yuri Gorsky who fled Russia last year. He...

Lithuania denies asylum to Tajik man linked to Islamic terrorists

The Lithuanian Migration Department has decided to deny asylum to Alisher Toshev , a Tajik national who was last week detained at Vilnius Airport over...