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Among those detained on the border with Belarus this year, the largest number (854) are Iraqi citizens or foreigners who came forward to them. Citizens of 198 Congolese, 121 Cameroonians, 78 Guineans, 70 Iranians, 66 Russians and other countries were also detained. Border guards are still clarifying the citizenship of some migrants, as many of them do not have documents.
In the past, they could also choose food according to their faith.
When border guards detain people who have crossed the border illegally, they are housed at the Alien Registration Center in Pabradė, at the Border Guard School in Medininkai and at the SBGS firewalls. Also in the premises provided by the city and district of Alytus, the municipalities of the district of Ignalina, Varėna and Lazdijai. And unaccompanied minors are transferred to the Refugee Reception Center in Rukla.
Officials from the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) are primarily responsible for feeding the migrants until they are transferred to the municipalities. According to border guards, foreigners initially receive relatively simple food: dry rations.
“Their food was packets of dry food, which are also given to them at the barracks after their arrest. These are sets calculated on the basis of a person’s daily caloric intake, nutrition, and so on.
Clearly, it is dry food, canned goods, dried fruit, nuts. Such things, which physiologically should be enough, but of course, over a period of time, that food probably isn’t …
PHOTO GALLERY. Migrants’ food in Lazdijai district municipality
According to him, at the Alien Registration Center, before this experienced an influx of migrants, asylum seekers could choose dishes from different menus, even according to their faith.
“In normal conditions, there are even some menus, there is a canteen, elaborated, according to the faith that they can choose. But this is in a normal situation where there was no influx. Now that such conditions, when there are no places to accommodate them, the choice also decreases accordingly. Somewhere, it is natural, and there are those who are dissatisfied, “added G. Mišutis.
Recognize only four foods
Ausma Miškinienė, the mayor of one of the municipalities that currently host immigrants, the Lazdijai district, says that adult foreigners are fed three times a day and children and adolescents four times a day. However, the asylum seekers, according to the mayor, are not satisfied with their living conditions.
“It is obvious from what we hear, from what SBGS officials tell us: they are not satisfied with these conditions. They want a different diet. They are very picky about food. They want better conditions,” said the mayor of tv3.lt.
More than a week after the municipality started dealing with migrants, A. Miškinienė highlights the products that asylum seekers eat and reject.
“There are four products that they eat: poultry, rice, fermented cheese and pasta. Porridge, soups, beef stews, fish fillets: foods that, to the extent that they are transported, in principle they are transported,” said A. Miškinienė.
He points out that immigrants who are not satisfied with their living conditions in Lithuania sometimes behave disrespectfully.
“Because of the way we treat food, how we treat what we get, we also had extremely difficult cases when urinating and emptying into thermal glasses. The situation is really complicated. As a result, the community is upset,” the district mayor did not It hid.
Food for migrants: no more than 6 euros per day
The Ministry of the Interior has established that the supply of migrants to municipalities cannot be separated from more than 5.85 per day, VAT included.
“We do not see any possibility of fitting into the established rate: 5.85 euros with VAT”, admits A. Miškinienė.
According to her, the total daily provision of migrants, which includes not only food, but also hygiene measures and adaptation of the premises to life, costs the municipality about 23 euros.
“Since July 2, we have already spent more than 20 thousand. For the care and feeding of illegal immigrants, including accommodation and any other problems that need to be addressed. On average, an illegal immigrant costs the municipality about 23 euros per day. That amount would probably be similar in all neighboring municipalities, “said the mayor of Lazdijai district.
This year, a total of 1,795 illegal immigrants were detained on the border with Belarus. This figure is 22 times higher than in 2020.
Lithuania has declared an emergency situation due to the influx of illegal immigrants.
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