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More than 200,000 people work in the UK. Lithuanian. Those wishing to get a job there will now cost £ 55 more than other Europeans.
The UK explains this decision by the fact that Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia are not part of the Social Charter of the Council of Europe of 1961.
“We are very hopeful that this issue will be resolved. And we are very pleased that both the Lithuanian Embassy in the UK and Brussels have done a great job and that this issue is currently being addressed at the level of British Ministers and should certainly come a response. We hope it is positive, “Alvija Černiauskaitė, president of the Lithuanian community in the UK, told LNK News.
The Lithuanian Embassy in the UK calls this discrimination.
“It just came to our attention then. Especially since we ratified the 1986 Council of Europe Social Charter. From a legal point of view, this is not a worse document. This is probably not the basis for making such a decision,” said the Minister Plenipotentiary at the Lithuanian Embassy in the United Kingdom Jonas Grinevičius.
It will be more expensive not only to get a work visa, but also for British employers to hire people from Lithuania. Therefore, it is already expected that Lithuanian emigration to the UK will decrease, but the price of the visa will not be the main reason.
“The main reason is the completely new labor migration regime when the UK left the European Union. And those 50 euros, as well as the additional taxes for employers, will contribute only to the extent that Lithuanians can be discriminated against in the market. UK labor market. In other words, there will be no way for employers to hire a more expensive Lithuanian than a cheaper Latvian, “said Audra Sipavičienė, representative of the International Organization for Migration.
The job vacancies portal estimates that in the past there were dozens of job openings in the UK, and now there are only one a month. Job openings declined during the first quarantine and have so far not recovered.
“In the heat of seasonal jobs, when there had to be job openings, there just weren’t any. We are currently posting only a few job openings at the UK address, in units. And the addresses that have recovered after the first quarantine are quite stable: Germany, the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries, ”said Rita Karavaitienė, CV-Online Marketing Manager.
It is also clear that more and more people choose a Lithuanian employer over a foreigner.
“Job seekers assess whether it will be worth it to go somewhere, to live in a foreign country without learning that language. When all accommodation and other expenses are excluded, almost the same remuneration is received,” said a CV representative. On-line.
Diplomatic measures have been taken by the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Lithuanian Embassy in the UK and the European Commission has been informed.
“I spoke with the UK Ambassador to Lithuania. Our protest was that we see this as a case of discrimination and we want all EU citizens to be treated equally. The UK side assured that they are aware of this issue, the ministers are currently discussing it and a decision will be made, “said Arnoldas Pranckevičius, deputy foreign minister.
In four years since Brexit, the emigration of Lithuanians to the UK has decreased up to 4 times, and last year was a historic year, when 3,000 people returned to Lithuania from the UK. more people than there are left.
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