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Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told Seimas on Tuesday that our country’s embassy in the UK had been collecting data on people in need of the so-called humanitarian return to Lithuania since yesterday.
“It just came to our attention then. The exact number can be revised a bit later,” he said.
At the same time, G. Landsbergis added that “there are not hundreds of people like that.” Each case, he said, is examined individually.
One of the possible solutions is to repatriate citizens on a trip reserved for the Baltic countries. According to G. Landsbergis, decisions are a matter of days.
“The three countries face essentially the same problem: they have jointly decided to stop passenger flights. We believe that the three countries can continue to seek solutions together to help people who really need it,” said the Chancellor.
Žygimantas Gedvila / 15min photo / Ingrida Šimonytė and Gabrielius Landsbergis
Specifying the so-called humanitarian reasons, G.Landsbergis explained that it could be, for example, the loss of a family, obvious problems of not being able to secure a home, separation of children from the family and the like.
According to the Foreign Minister, if people pay for possible transport to Lithuania, the question of technical solutions. However, this possibility is not ruled out. When Lithuanian citizens were brought in from abroad in the spring, they had to pay.
People wishing to return to Lithuania for humanitarian reasons should contact the Consular Section of our country’s embassy in the United Kingdom.
According to I. Šimonytė, solutions will be sought for citizens trapped in the UK. One possible solution is repatriation flights.
“Yesterday we talked about it with the other two prime ministers of the Baltic countries, because there are Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians. Surely the embassy is collecting data, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Ministry of Transport will try to determine the number of people who are really trapped for good reason. Suppose you have certain business affairs or similar things that need to go back instead of reaching the guests. And we will try to cooperate with our colleagues in Latvia and Estonia, if we succeed, and we will just somehow solve the problem together, ”said the Head of Government.
I. Šimonytė stressed that only those who were “trapped” in the UK due to business relationships or other special circumstances could be brought back. Definitely not all who want.
“It would be very strange if there was another position. It seems to me that from the very beginning, when the quarantine measures were introduced, we really encouraged guests not to go to Lithuania during the holidays. Because the situation of the epidemic is complicated. Now, additional difficulties have arisen in the UK, and it certainly doesn’t seem like a very good idea to go back to Lithuania, ”the Prime Minister emphasized.
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