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On Friday, the Ministry of the Interior (MIA) confirmed that it is planning to transfer some 800 people from the Rūdninkai camp to the Kybartai Prison, which is preparing for closure, before October 1.
“The mayor of the Vilkaviškis district municipality has been informed about this decision,” the ministry said in a statement issued on Friday.
However, the mayor himself spoke on Friday after learning about these plans from the media.
Deputy Ministers of Justice and Interior visited Kybartai on Monday.
After this meeting A.Neiberka 15 minutes He said he asked them to reconsider migrant relocation plans.
“My request, as mayor, to the vice ministers … Kybartai Correctional Center is the largest institution where jobs have been created. Do not destroy, keep this body. The request of the human community is also to review (the decision – aut.) And choose other options, “said the head of the district.
According to him, on September 1 – already in the nose, about 80 adults study in that place, 18 people work.
“What will happen to these people next? There is also a vocational training branch of Marijampolė, where about 120 people study. The question of what will happen to this institution, these questions were not fully answered for us, the vice ministers could not do it, “said A. Neberka.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Algirdas Neiberka
According to the mayor, there was a meeting with the Kybartai Correctional Home employees on Monday morning: they want to keep their jobs and continue working in the same place.
According to him, during the meeting, the vice ministers did not tell him “yes” or “no” about the migrant relocation plans, but only assured that a final decision would be made on Tuesday.
According to A. Neiberka, it is very regrettable that the self-government was not involved in this process.
“That should be it. The representatives of that community should have been aware of the anticipated situation in Kybartai. We received two pieces of news: the closure of the Kybartai prison and the resettlement of up to 800 migrants. This information had to be shared with the people. much earlier, not being afraid to report on what was planned, ”emphasized the mayor.
Did you say that A.Bilotaitė is sick?
On Friday, the Vilkaviškis district newspaper Santaka wrote that the mayor learned of the plans to relocate the migrants through journalists, and the ministry informed him about it after that.
Photo by Ernesta Čičiurkaitė / 15min / Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė
As A. Neberka told the newspaper, the Deputy Minister of the Interior, who called him around 1 in the afternoon, confirmed that such plans existed, but at the same time assured that no decision had been made.
“He said that the minister is currently ill, but next week she will call and report everything. It is very strange, but shortly after the conversation with the deputy minister, information appeared in the media that everything had already been decided and a specific date was even set for the change: the migrants will be housed in our district until October 1 “, said. the mayor told the newspaper.
15 minutes On Monday, A. Neiberka confirmed that he had heard from the deputy minister that A. Bilotaitė was ill.
“Yes, she mentioned that information to me and mentioned that she had to call me. But after that he said a call would be made this week, I didn’t get a call, but of course now he had turned off the phone for a while, “the mayor said.
The Vice Minister was authorized to coordinate the issues
15 minutes On Monday, the Interior Ministry asked if on Friday the minister was really ill and therefore did not contact the mayor as well, if A. Bilotaitė had contacted the mayor on this matter.
“The minister did not have the opportunity to communicate, so the deputy minister was authorized,” the ministry responded, but later sent a revised comment that did not yet contain the sentence.
15 minutes After hearing why the minister could not call the mayor or if it was true that she was ill, the representatives of the Interior Ministry replied: “Because these issues were coordinated by the Vice Minister.”
The agendas of the Minister published by the Ministry of the Interior show that on Friday A.Bilotaitė worked – participated in several meetings.
According to the response of the Ministry of the Interior, on Friday the ministries were still coordinating the final decisions, the Ministry of Justice had planned a meeting with the civil servants’ union, the Ministry of the Interior had planned a conversation with the mayor of the Vilkaviškis district and they had planned live meetings this week in Kybartai with the mayor, the local community and the correctional staff of Kybartai.
“Vitalijus Dmitrijev, Deputy Minister of the Interior Ministry, has been authorized to coordinate these issues,” emphasizes the response.
Photo by Luke April / 15min / Vitaly Dmitrijev
The Interior Ministry ensures that the information appeared in the media before the talks and meetings took place.
On Monday, according to the response, the Vice Ministers of Justice and Interior will visit Kybartai as planned and answer questions from the community and officials.
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