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“Now the big question is whether to veto this law with a proposal or, knowing the context and the current situation, sign a law of this type for the president, hoping that the Seimas and the Government will modify this law at the beginning of the Seimas (session) “declared P. Mačiulis.
This law has received more criticism for human rights.
“It is a situation where the current ruling majority of the Seimas uses human rights every three words in their rhetoric. Interestingly, when this law was passed, human rights were probably forgotten and thrown away. Because of the migrants they are completely without human rights, they do not even have the opportunity to appeal under that law. It is really strange that the Seimas has gone in this direction, “said P. Mačiulis.
At the same time, however, the adviser to the head of state found an excuse for this: “and the situation is extraordinary, and there was little time, and the rush, and the whole context of the summer, led to the result, that is, the law is not good. “
“And now there are many doubts, whether to veto the president or sign him, urging him to correct it as soon as possible in the fall session,” Mačiulis said.
He said the president would announce his decision in the near future.
The Seimas toughened the conditions for the stay of immigrants in Lithuania
Delfi recalls that in an extraordinary session the Seimas adopted with special urgency amendments to the Law on the Legal Condition of Foreigners and the legal acts that accompany it, which decided to speed up the processing of asylum applications and restrict some rights of asylum seekers in cases in which the state cannot guarantee them a state of war, a state of emergency, as well as an emergency or emergency due to a massive influx of foreigners.
84 members of the Seimas voted in favor of the amendments to the basic legal act, 1 against, 5 deputies abstained.
According to the Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė, our country continues to experience an unprecedented influx of illegal immigrants, compared to 2020, it has multiplied by 23.
According to her, this is not an ordinary migration crisis, but the hybrid aggression actions against Lithuania are being carried out on purpose.
“Recently, the increasing number of foreigners illegally crossing the state border of the Republic of Lithuania with the Republic of Belarus and abusing the asylum procedure shows that undemocratic regimes encourage increased illegal migration processes, and is unlikely to increase further ”, noted the initiators of the amendments.
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 the Republic of Lithuania by illegally crossing the state border of the Republic of Lithuania in a state of war. , emergency, emergency or emergency event.
The declaration of a state of war, a state of emergency, as well as an emergency or an emergency due to a massive influx of foreigners may temporarily and proportionally restrict the rights of asylum seekers if they cannot be guaranteed for objective and reasonable reasons other than the right to material reception conditions and legal assistance guaranteed by the State, and for vulnerable people, the right to reception conditions that meet their special needs. Once these reasons have disappeared, the rights of asylum seekers must be guaranteed as a priority for vulnerable people.
In the event of large flows of asylum seekers, and in order to process asylum claims as quickly as possible, asylum claims from unaccompanied minors seeking asylum and asylum seekers who have been subjected to torture, rape or other Serious psychological, physical or sexual violence, The situation of asylum applications, as well as an emergency or an emergency due to a massive influx of foreigners, can be dealt with urgently.
Currently, the law establishes a maximum term of 28 days; During this period, asylum seekers cannot be admitted to the Republic of Lithuania. In view of the increasing flows of illegal migration, the 28-day period may be extended for a period of emergency or declared emergency due to a state of war, emergency, massive influx of foreigners, and for 28 days after its completion, but for no reason. more than 6 months.
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 will be established in the Migration Department. “Only after that can the decision of the Migration Department be appealed to the Regional Administrative Court, whose decision will be final and unappealable. Legal assistance would be guaranteed to the foreigner throughout the asylum application, as well as during the appeal ”, stated A. Bilotaitė.
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