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On Friday, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the pertinent amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners, which will be presented to the Seimas.
“Our goal is to shorten the immigration procedures themselves to ten days after the approval of all these amendments to the laws,” said Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė during the government meeting.
The Government requests that the amendments be considered as a matter of special urgency, which is why an extraordinary session of the Seimas is being convened. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė reported that the Seimas session is scheduled for Tuesday.
The government proposes to restrict the free movement of migrants who have crossed the border illegally on the territory of Lithuania, to restrict their other rights when an emergency situation is declared in the country due to the influx of migrants.
It is proposed to establish that the presence of foreigners who have applied for asylum shortly after crossing the border at border control points or in transit zones will not be considered temporary accommodation as entry into the territory of Lithuania until the decision to admit to an asylum seeker. to Lithuania.
Asylum seekers would not be granted the right to move freely within the territory of Lithuania after an illegal border crossing until the decision to admit them to Lithuania has been made.
“To prevent secondary migration, it is established that asylum seekers who have crossed the Lithuanian border illegally are housed without the right to move within the territory of Lithuania,” noted A. Bilotaitė.
The law stipulates that an asylum seeker can be detained or restricted in his right to leave the place of accommodation if he entered the territory of Lithuania by illegally crossing the Lithuanian border in a state of war, emergency, emergency or massive influx of extraterrestrials.
The law would remove some previous restrictions on accommodation, such as the fact that unaccompanied minors will not be required to be housed in a Refugee Reception Center due to lack of accommodation. The State Border Guard Service has more power to make accommodation decisions.
It is envisaged that the rights of asylum seekers could be temporarily restricted in the event of a state of war, a state of emergency, a declared emergency or an emergency, if they cannot be guaranteed for objective reasons other than the right to material reception conditions. and the provision of necessary medical assistance.
“It is possible to restrict the rights granted to asylum seekers by law, except for material reception conditions and necessary medical assistance, since the large number of migrants may prevent the State from enforcing some of their rights,” said the Minister.
In order to speed up the final decision on asylum applications and reduce the workload of the courts, a mandatory pre-trial procedure for appeals against negative decisions would be introduced in the Migration Department, should it be filed. said appeal.
“In order to speed up final decision-making on asylum applications and reduce the workload of the courts, a mandatory pre-trial procedure is established for appeals against negative decisions in the Migration Department, after which You can appeal the decision of the Department of Migration to the district administrative court. An appeal would not suspend the execution of the decision made by the Department of Migration “, presented the proposal A. Bilotaitė.
Currently, the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners establishes a maximum period of 28 days, during which asylum seekers cannot be admitted to Lithuania.
In view of the increasing flows of illegal migration, the 28-day period during a state of war, a state of emergency, as well as an emergency or extreme event due to a massive influx of foreigners would be extended for another 28 days later. the end of the events in question.
In the event of an emergency situation due to increased migration flows, asylum applications from both unaccompanied minors seeking asylum and asylum seekers who have been tortured, raped or otherwise subjected to psychological, physical or sexual violence serious problems could be treated urgently. .
Wire barriers on the border with Belarus received 4.8 million from the Government Reserve. euros
The government allocated 4.8 million euros from the reserve on Friday to install barbed wire barriers on the border with Belarus. euros.
The decree stipulates that this money will be used “to install an additional physical barrier on the 550 km long border with Belarus to protect the Concertina security fence in order to prevent illegal migratory flows.”
A barbed wire barrier, called a concert, to stop the flow of illegal immigrants from Belarus, the army began building on Friday.
National Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas hopes that the installed barrier will significantly slow down migrants crossing the border, allowing border guards and soldiers to notice them faster.
“It will be a barbed wire, it is difficult and dangerous to overcome, therefore such a barrier has a significant deterrent effect,” said A. Anušauskas.
The army has started building a barbed wire barrier on the border with Belarus.
The army began building a barbed wire barrier on the border with Belarus on Friday.
According to the Ministry of National Defense, a barbed wire barrier, called a concert hall, was built to curb the drastic increase in the flow of migrants from Belarus in recent months.
National Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas hopes that the installed barrier will significantly slow down migrants crossing the border, allowing border guards and soldiers to notice them faster.
“It will be a barbed wire, it is difficult and dangerous to overcome, therefore such a barrier has a significant deterrent effect,” said A. Anušauskas.
According to him, the soldiers are actively cooperating with the Interior Ministry and the State Border Guard Service, and the army will provide these services with “all requested support”, from logistics to military support.
Earlier on Friday, Giedrius Mišutis, a representative of the State Border Guard Service, informed BNS that a border barrier would be built near Druskininkai, where the majority, about a third, of all migrants arriving from Belarus had been detained since the beginning of the year. A total of 1,546 illegal immigrants were detained on the border with Belarus this year, mostly from Iraq.
In recent months, Lithuania has faced a nearly twenty-fold increase in the flow of illegal immigrants across the Belarusian border. Lithuanian officials say it is a hybrid attack organized by the Belarusian regime against Lithuania.
