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Wednesday Lrytas.lt reported that a Uzbek infected with COVID-19 arrived in Lithuania from the Abromiškės Rehabilitation Hospital, where several foreigners infected with coronavirus were housed, to leave the city and infect others. Prime Minister S. Skvernel emphasized that such behavior is intolerable and explained what it would cause.
“It just caught our eye then. We will not tolerate such threats being reported in the media. Statements ‘I will go out into the city and infect others’ and similar or appropriate behavior will be responded to strictly and in principle. The visa for those People will be annulled, they will be deported from Lithuania, “he wrote on Facebook, adding that the police will take the necessary measures due to the specific case.
When asked if it is possible to infect someone with a speech virus, not actions, it is possible to cancel the visitor visa, S. Skvernel clarified his idea: that the visa would be canceled if the person infected something.
“We do not cancel any visa. Our laws establish this responsibility, both for threats and for the intention of committing a crime. And the spread of the disease, knowing that he is ill, carries criminal responsibility. As a result, both the commission of the act itself and the attempt to commit it, in this case, is a final crime, if it did, it would result in deportation, revocation of the visa and criminal responsibility, “said the Prime Minister.
But things are not so simple.
“The mere fact that a foreigner threatens to violate Lithuanian laws or has violated them is no reason to revoke a national visa.” 15 minutes said Evelina Gudzinskaitė, Director of the Migration Department.
The mere fact that a foreigner threatens to violate or has violated Lithuanian laws is no reason to revoke a national visa.
A newcomer from a non-EU country who wants to work in Lithuania for no more than a year could obtain a national visa. And it could be revoked if a foreigner violates at least one of the reasons for the cancellation of a national visa established in the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners, for example, the presence of a foreigner in Lithuania would threaten public order.
“The assessment of the threat a foreigner poses to public order or society is carried out by the police and the State Border Guard Service (SBGS),” said E. Gudzinskaitė.
Vidmantas Balkūnas photo / 15 minute photo / Evelina Gudzinskaitė
Therefore, first of all, according to her, the police and the SBGS must assess whether the threat to violate the mandatory self-isolation rules or the violation of such rules is serious enough to be recognized as a threat to public order or the society.
If such a threat were recognized, then the Immigration Department could revoke the visa.
According to Ramūnas Matonis, head of the Communication Department of the Police Department, the police can warn the person threatened about the threat of spreading the disease.
“Generally, after receiving such information, the police discover whether the threat is real, question the person, the witnesses, take action, take preventive and control measures, the person can be warned,” said R. Matonis .
Photo of Vidmantas Balkūnas / 15min / Ramunas Matonis
When asked if the police could assess the presence of an alien who had threatened to violate the rules of mandatory self-isolation as a threat to public order, or whether such a threat would arise if it not only threatened, but also took measures to spread the disease Mattis said.
“It is difficult to respond, the specific circumstances and their actions must be evaluated,” he said.
Responsibility, according to him, threatens violations of the Penal Code, that is, if a person, when informed of his illness by a medical institution and warned about the protective measures to be followed in contact with people, puts another person at risk of contracting a dangerous or particularly dangerous communicable disease. league.
In this case, you are punished with a fine or restriction of liberty, or arrest or imprisonment for up to one year.
But at least so far no one is threatening Uzbek, who threatened to infect the public with the media. Policeman 15 minutes He reported that at least until noon Thursday, officials had not initiated any criminal proceedings or so-called administrative proceedings against him.
“So far, no reports have been received from residents or employees of the Abromiškės Rehabilitation Institution,” said Loreta Kairienė, a specialist with the Communication Branch of the Vilnius County Police.
Photo by Marius Vizbaras / 15min / Police
Without a formal basis, officials do not collect material for a possible investigation or the so-called “clarification of circumstances”; language alone in public is not a sufficient pretext for prosecution.
There is another provision in the Penal Code related to a violation of public order. According to him, a person who, by his conduct, threatens the public and disrupts the seriousness or order of society, is punished with public works or a fine, or restriction of liberty, arrest or imprisonment for up to two years.
15 minutes According to Prime Minister S. Skvernel, the declaration that those who threaten to spread the disease or do so (violate the law) will have their visa revoked is manipulative and only close to the truth. By law, different consequences await those who only speak and those who speak. In this case, the police have not even launched an investigation into Uzbekistan’s statements in the press.
Furthermore, it is not the responsibility of the Prime Minister to determine to whom and for what reason a visa is revoked; only the police or the SBGS have the prerogative to assess whether such behavior is a pretext to revoke the visa.
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