Vilnius camp story is over: houses are being demolished and details of past life are being told

The Vilnius camp is divided into three parts. Upper, Lower and Roduna Road Camp. 15 minutes I inspected the first two, where the house is almost gone.

Now there are five houses left in the Upper Camp and more than 60 standing. There are only two standing in the Lower Camp, and there were 15 buildings.

According to Erikas Jalovikas, head of the Vilnius City Second Police Commissariat, the main work of the camp was carried out steadily: it started almost five years ago and now the near-final result is visible.

According to the police, the Roma had to leave the environment clean. But the reality is different. In the place of the old house, there were mountains of waste: cosmetic bottles, suitcases, household items, bags, various materials, even toys.

Some houses are burned.

You can see even more mess in the desert behind the house. You can also find traces of harmful habits (syringes).

See 15 minutes A report from the upper and lower camps, in which we contacted the police representative E. Jalovikas and the photojournalist Vidmantas Balkūnas:

Locals who refused to communicate in front of the camera complained about the heavy burden, as it is expensive to demolish the house and remove the debris. A man, who appears to be of retirement age, claimed to receive a benefit of only € 120, and a car to take out the garbage costs € 300. The family complained that they had nowhere to go without help.

Tadas Balsevičius, director of the capital’s municipal company Vilniaus Vilniaus Būstas, told BNS that 23 Roma families have received social housing, and 23 other families rent apartments, but are paid compensation.

If the fate of the upper and lower camps is currently being resolved, the Rodūnias Road camp issue is postponed for now.

According to the deputy mayor of the Vytautas Mitalas municipality, the entire territory of the field is divided into two parts. One will be for commercial services: storage, logistics, and the rest will remain in the state forest.

In 2016 Vilnius City Housing listed people living in the Roma camp. At that time, there were 53 families living in Upper Camp, and 20 families each in Lower and Roduna Road Camps.

According to data from the capital’s municipality, in 2016–2019, almost 928 thousand LTL were allocated for the Roma integration program. euros

These funds were used to evict the residents of the camp, educate them, protect their health, manage the environment, security, rehabilitate drug addicts who visit here, and solve other problems.

According to the municipality, a Roma integration program for 2020–2023 is currently being prepared, writes BNS.

The Government’s National Minorities Department announces that in 2011 According to data, the Vilnius Kirtimai district was the most densely populated area in the Baltic States.

According to the department’s data, the Roma arrived in Lithuania around the 15th century. in the middle His immigration was stimulated by the XV-XVII centuries. Persecution of Roma in Europe, laws restricting freedoms. In Lithuania, the Roma had the right to move freely from one place to another and could have self-government.

“1918-1940 Roma were full citizens of Lithuania. About 500 Roma or every third Lithuanian Roma were killed during the Nazi occupation. About 1,000 Roma were deported to forced labor. After the war, the life of the Lithuanian Roma it was the most affected in 1956. Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, which established forced sedentary lifestyle, “states the website of the Department of National Minorities.