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When he visited Kazitiškis a few days ago 15 minutes journalist, everything was calm and peaceful here.
Although it has been known for some time that the migrants will be temporarily housed in the city of Kazitiškis, a few tens of kilometers from the Lithuanian border with Belarus, if necessary.
Up to 200 newcomers were spoken to.
Discreetly disagree
The Ignalina district leaders stated that they had found the only suitable location in this village: the old school in the town.
In keeping with its original purpose, the building (approximately 800 m2) has not been used for a long time, so for many years it was more of a ghost than a “hotel” waiting for foreigners.
The locals gathered in Kazitiškis did not deny knowing their future neighbors.
They also have an opinion on the matter, although they did not hear much resentment in their voices before the migrants arrived.
“Of course we don’t want to, but who asks us?” – when discussing the planned accommodation for immigrants in Kazitiškis, a service worker answered a rhetorical question.
“An old acquaintance told me that they themselves do not want to stay in Lithuania. As soon as they meet the officials, they repeat the word ‘Germany’. And as long as they are here, they will still be protected,” expected another woman he met on the street and he returned home with his purchases.
“I am not going to defend myself against them, because I am not going to defend myself. No one would defend themselves here. In Kazitiškis, the majority of the population are older women, ”said the old man, who seemed to point to several surrounding neighborhoods in the backyard of his house.
It accommodated about 100 people
Justas Rasikas, Mayor of the Ignalina District 15 minutes He assured that, although there are already two places in the district where migrants who cross the Lithuanian border illegally are housed, the situation is calm.
“We have about a hundred people, in Linkmenys and Kazitiškis. We set up the last school, we brought them in on Wednesday night. We started running the premises much earlier, a few weeks ago, it wasn’t done so suddenly.
We reconnected the water, put the toilet on, showered, cleaned as much as possible. We adapted the premises so that the minimum conditions were not in the head, the wind would not blow. The border guards brought beds, mattresses, some bedding.
We have about a hundred people, in Linkmenys and Kazitiškis. We set up the last school, brought them in on Wednesday night.
At Links, we take care of both the bedding and the mattresses, and the border guards brought it here from your reservation. In Linkmeni, the migrants also live in the old school, where both the museum and the nursing home are now located. The migrants stay there in a gym, in a room.
Kazitiškis is alone in the classroom, but it is not a bad option, because now he has brought many children and families. We try to adapt this to the families and also ”, said J. Rasikas about the settled migrants.
If necessary, it will be possible to house a dozen migrants in the Ignalina district, but the additional premises, as the mayor says, do not speak:
“We have these two rooms, which we have planned, we no longer talk about the others. It is simply a matter of maintaining current conditions, feeding and other conditions. “
Ernesta Čičiurkaitė / 15 min photo / Justas Rasikas, mayor of the Ignalina district
“Delicious bite”, but nobody wants
The mayor of the Ignalina district does not hide that finding survivors is not easy for migrants: a new public procurement is currently underway, which is expected to be successful.
“There are not many who want it, here it is not so simple, you had to ask, look for options. We are a tourist area, there are not too many restaurants. I don’t know, I was thinking of eating with the vice mayor myself yesterday while driving through the district, but we couldn’t find a place.
Because of this situation, the season is difficult. It would seem like a “delicious snack” to give someone such a large number of people, but it is not that simple. The same in Lazdijai and Druskininkai.
As for the names here, if it is a small business, here as a wedding to organize every day: 100-150 people, seven days a week. Looking at it, it’s not bad, those catering prices are high, but … There is how it is. We throw away that food, that needs to be clarified, you don’t eat everything. Just cut the chop in half, see what it is apparently made of, and don’t eat. There are quite capricious people, “said J.Rasikas.
According to the mayor, the food is of the best quality, they offer beef, chicken and lamb.
“Even the Food Bank contributed for the first time yesterday, I saw for myself what food they brought, I don’t know if our children receive it”, smiles Ignalina’s boss. – Sweets of the highest level. I can even say that it is a terrible and unbalanced system, but it is the way it is. “
15min photo / Ignalina district The migrants were housed in the Kazitiškis school, which no longer works
He assured that the situation in the places of accommodation is currently stable, calm, and the previous disagreements are not related to self-government, the local population, the migrants were in conflict with the officials of the State Border Guard Service by telephone, etc.
The mayor said and rides constantly, observing:
“We are concerned about security, whether we are interested in it or not, any internal conflict that may arise due to religious differences or other reasons.”
Families – from Iraq
Advisor to the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) Giedrius Mišutis 15 minutes He said that it is difficult to say exactly how many of the migrants detained in Lithuania who crossed the border illegally are minors, how many are women, how many are single men.
The numbers are constantly changing, it is impossible to process the data.
Minors make up a quarter of all illegal immigrants detained this year. Excluding them, these men, in terms of proportions, are four and one woman.
However, it can be said roughly:
“Minors constitute a quarter of all illegal immigrants arrested this year, out of a total of 2338. Excluding minors, there are proportions of four men and one woman.
Lonely people are mostly citizens of African countries, they move mainly through southern Lithuania, Druskininkai. Iraqi citizens now go pretty much everywhere, and Iraq makes up the vast majority of families. “
Most of the children come with their parents, but, as G. Mišutis said, there are cases in which it is not established that the minor is related to the group.
Lying about age
“There are all kinds of situations, and lying, pretending,” he did not hide from the SBGS representatives. – Unaccompanied minors at the time of their establishment are transferred to the Rukla Refugee Reception Center. But during that time, there were both cases of lying and presenting a minor to get to Rukla, where it is easier to get out. Things like that happen.
The families are housed in buildings everywhere, practically do not live in tents and try to give them more normal conditions. And those singles are already growing up in those tents, the conditions there are more difficult. “
15min photo / Ignalina district The migrants were housed in the Kazitiškis school, which no longer works
Foreigners who came to Lithuania from different countries stay in the Ignalina district.
Kazitiškis is dominated by those who came from Iraq, Linkmenys is dominated by people from Congo, Guinea and Iraq.
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