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Lithuanian Justina Partikė, trapped abroad, explained to her followers on social media that the situation is “cruelly sad”.
The Lithuanian Justina, who is trapped in England with her husband, tried to get to France by car, but failed. He did everything possible to return to Lithuania, because a nine-year-old boy remained there.
“We got home, I finished closing my eyes. Because the idea is really the same, as a nine-year-old boy counting the days before Christmas and we are eager to see them, how to explain to him that, sadly, Santa Claus is stuck, ”said the Lithuanian.
The spouses had to buy plane tickets to Warsaw for more than a thousand euros, and bus tickets to Vilnius were already booked. Poland banned flights from the UK on Monday.
“We will be in Poland a little before midnight, we hope everything is fine, we keep our fists,” J. Partikė told LNK news.
The woman was outraged that Lithuania, unlike Poland, did not care about its citizens.
Not only is Justina currently stuck in England, but she’s full of messages and questions on social media – how to get out of the UK. However, all roads are closed. You will not do it by car, train, ferry or plane.
Aleksandr Marjenkov, a Lithuanian trapped in England, said that the situation was really disappointing.
“There were plans to return to Lithuania for Christmas. As I thought, I would return with everything, after decades of living in the UK,” he told LNK News.
Others got stuck coming just with things.
“It is very understandable that some people have come to the UK for a few days to sort things out. And trying to get back to the families is very disappointing because there are no relatives here. They had to go back to the hotel. These moods are neither festive nor Christmas, gloomy, ”said Alvija Černiauskaitė, president of the Lithuanian Community in the UK.
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Other Lithuanians managed to return to their homeland, but do not know when they will be able to return to England.
“I will have that great happiness to welcome Christmas with my family. It’s just that there is an uncertainty about what it will be like to return home to the UK, but this year is full of uncertainty, ”said Viktorija Rinkevičiūtė, who returned to Lithuania.
Many people will not gather at Vilnius airport during a pandemic. And with the cancellation of flights from the UK, it’s even emptier. Thousands of people will not be able to return to vacation. Airports estimate that up to 101 flights have been canceled in total.
This week alone, 7,000 had to come from the UK and 3,000 to leave. people.
“Next week, it is natural that due to the holidays that flow has been lower, around 6-7 thousand. In general. That would be around 16 thousand in total by the end of the year. Passengers, both arriving and departing from Great Britain, ”Aurimas Stikliūnas, Head of the Lithuanian Airports Aviation Services Division, told LNK News.
It is not known what to do for people flying connecting flights through London.
The authorities urged Lithuanian citizens not to travel.
“Even land travel is limited. What we would really like to ask is that we refrain from traveling, because any movement, whether by land or air, can cause significant obstacles for travelers,” the Transport Minister said on Monday. , Marius Skuodis, after the Government meeting.
He said that land communications with other EU countries will be more strictly controlled, it will be more difficult to cross the border between Latvia and Poland.
Not only people, but also Christmas packages will not be able to travel to and from the UK.
According to Tomas Vaišvila, communication director of DPD Lietuva, LNK news has been suspended since Monday to and from the UK.
Shipments will also not go to Ireland, and people who have suffered financial loss should go to the airlines.
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