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The Minister of Social Security and Labor, Monika Navickienė, said that the arriving migrants will be housed in modular houses. The migrants’ accommodation will also be distributed according to the religious beliefs of the people in order to minimize the potential for conflict.
According to her, the place meets hygiene standards and all minimum comfort requirements. “The first task was to move people from tents and wet beds to dry and heated facilities as soon as possible,” the minister said.
In addition, the migrants will have showers, basic kitchens, a hobby room and a store on site. The migrants will receive a monthly food allowance of € 77.
“Although the cabins are densely arranged, we also try to have small kitchens. There is also a store on site where migrants can buy their own food. They will receive the so-called monthly food allowance of € 77, whereby a person has to earn a living by buying food for himself.
You can buy in the store, produce yourself. These are vulnerable groups, we believe that cooking is a form of activity and people will be able to produce the type of food they like. To have a diet adapted to the needs of their children, “said the minister.
This food allowance will be paid to each person. It is true that it has not yet been decided whether the vulnerable people will be transferred to the newcomers and will receive such food allowance.
Ms Navickienė said that migrant children will be provided employment at this accommodation center and will learn Lithuanian from October 1.
“The refugee reception center is suitable for that, because there is a building with classrooms, children will be able to receive education here, in the area,” said the minister.
When asked why children will be taught the Lithuanian language if these migrants are expected to be returned to their home countries, M. Navickienė stated that all children have the right to education.
And the time they spend in any country does not have to be wasted. Learning a language means having some kind of education, developing skills. First of all, what we can offer these children is the teaching of the Lithuanian language, ”said M. Navickienė.
In total, there are around 1,300 migrant children in Lithuania, and how many children will be staying in Rukla, the minister has not yet been able to say the final number.
The installation of these camps cost the state budget about 1.5 million. for a period of one year.
“We rent all the service, not only cabins, but also laundry service, maintenance, garbage collection and other things,” said the minister.
Lessons provided
Beatričė Bernotienė, director of the Rukla Refugee Reception Center, said that 5 teaching classes for children were installed in the station premises.
“Currently, 300 migrants live in the stationary buildings of the refugee reception center, about 60 percent. It consists of children. Much of it is of school age. As of October 1, education in Lithuanian will be organized both in buildings stationary as for the children who live in this camp, ”said B. Bernotienė.
According to her, three Lithuanian language lessons per day are planned, in addition to non-formal education. The education will be provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, and the Lithuanian House of Vilnius hires the teachers.
The camp will also have 8 kitchens where migrants can cook for themselves.
“Equipped with showers, toilets, three domes for employment – planned activities for children, sports activities or prayers, just a neighborhood meeting, where they could meet and discuss issues,” said the director of the center.
In total, there are 125 four- to six-bed cabins in the Rukla camp. The cabin has beds, refrigerator. Showers and toilets are provided at the end of the camp, and kitchens are also shared. In addition, some 30 people were hired to work in the field with migrants.
No additional meals will be provided to migrants. The Jonava company that won the tender will sell food and other products in the camp.
In the store, a package of 10 eggs costs 1.50 euros, a liter of milk – 0.90 euros. Alcohol will not be sold in the store, but tobacco products will be on sale starting next week.
More than 4.1 thousand people illegally arrived in Lithuania this year. migrants. According to M. Navickienė, the number of migrants remaining in Lithuania today is less than 4 thousand. According to the ministries, more than half of them are vulnerable people: families with children, the disabled.
Another 400-500 people are planned to be accommodated in Naujininkai, Vilnius; they could be relocated here next week. The minister hopes that there will be no more deaths living in tents in the coming weeks.
