After Lithuania's Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas suggested scrapping the Migration Department, critics maintain that elimination of the institution and transfer of the function to the police could burden handling of the growing migration challenges.
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Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has voiced disagreement with Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas' proposal to scrap the Migration Department.
Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas proposed on Tuesday to abolish the country's Migration Department, which has been under criticism lately, and transfer its functions to the police.
The Lithuanian Migration Department decided last week not to extend the residence permit of Anton Treushnikov, an advisor to the council of a bank linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the department's director has confirmed to Laisvės TV.
Lithuania's Migration Department will continue not accepting applications from foreigners for national visas due to large flows of applicants.
Lithuania's Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas has instructed the ministry's Corruption Prevention and Internal Investigations Division to scrutinize the circumstances of a possible leak of information from the Migration Department to third parties.
The Lithuanian Migration Department has decided to deny asylum to Alisher Toshev, a Tajik national who was last week detained at Vilnius Airport over national security concerns and remains in special accommodation premises for asylum-seekers at the airport's border control area.
Alisher Toshev, a Tajik national who was last week detained at Vilnius Airport over national security concerns, remains in special accommodation premises for asylum-seekers at the airport's border control area.
People may have to wait for around a month to be issued with a Lithuanian national visa as the number of applications has doubled, the country's Migration Department said.
Another ten refugees from Eritrea have arrived in Lithuania under the European Union's (EU) program, the Migration Department said on Friday.
Jews with roots in Lithuania, known as Litvaks, have been active in applying for Lithuanian citizenship after the country a year ago amended the law to make it easier for them to do so, officials said on Thursday.
Lithuania's Migration Department said on Wednesday it agreed with the proposal from Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov to reconsider his asylum application, if he withdraws his plea to court.
Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov on Tuesday asked Lithuania's Migration Department to reconsider his application for political asylum.
The Lithuanian Migration Department currently cannot review its decision not to grant asylum to Yevgeni Titov, a Russian journalist, its director said on Monday.
Four local men who worked with Lithuanian troops in Afghanistan have come to live in Lithuania, with one of them still waiting for asylum, the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces told BNS.
Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas says that he will personally inquire about why Yevgeni Titov, a Russian journalist, has failed to obtain asylum in Lithuania.
Nine Eritrean refugees arrived in Lithuania this week under the EU's resettlement program, the Migration Department said on Thursday.
Another 14 refugees from Syria arrived in Lithuania this week under the European Union's (EU) program, the Migration Department said.
The Migration Department is drawing up a register of dwellings asylum-seekers could be housed in if there is a sudden inflow of migrants.