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“What have we sinned by being treated in this way? It is better to have a shelter for the homeless than these residents, ”sighed Violeta, who lives on A. Jaroševičiaus street in Naujininkai.
A.Jaroševičiaus Street is one of those where the municipality plans to provide shelter for migrants arriving in Lithuania.
No one expects them in other parts of the capital, and residents of Grigiškės, learning that the authorities had planned to house the migrants in the old school building, collected up to 1,000 signatures to the contrary in three hours.
The list includes six buildings
The municipality has announced that it intends to provide a children’s home building on Lakakingalų street in Valakampiai for illegal immigrants.
It contains engineering communications but lacks additional safeguards.
The old school building on Kovo 11th Street in Grigiškės is in worse condition.
Other municipal buildings that could be used for temporary accommodation of migrants are a school on Palydovo Street and a dormitory on Genių Street in Naujoji Vilnia, a residence and school on A.Jaroševičiaus Street, and a dormitory and a correctional house on the Sniego street in Naujininkai. .
But the municipality asked to take into account the fact that the country’s main cities are densely populated, with no completely closed and fenced areas where illegal immigrants can spend time outdoors.
“The proposed buildings are close to other residential and non-residential buildings, which can lead to dissatisfaction among active residents and communities.
In each of these buildings, security must be guaranteed both inside and throughout the territory, ”said the municipality.
The municipality also offered isolation to people who had been in contact with COVID-19 in hotels. Accommodation for one person with three meals costs 36 euros per day.
But even when illegal immigrants stay in hotels, comprehensive state assistance is needed to ensure the internal and external protection of the facilities.
Outraged by the 36 euros
Vilnius residents were outraged not only by the plans to house the migrants in the capital, but also at the cost of their upkeep.
“36 euros? Isn’t the government ashamed of spending so much money? Both retirees can afford it in just a few days, and here, for a day.
It turns out that a newcomer will spend a thousand euros a month. Even the workers don’t earn that much, “said Adele, who met on Sniego Street.
She is also angry that people who have worked in Lithuania all their lives and paid taxes cannot afford it. And the migrants did not pay a penny to the budget.
Location: not quite correct
Jan lives on Palydovo Street, near a school building that trained elementary school teachers.
He wondered: was this teacher’s forge still in operation this school year, and now will it be handed over to migrants?
“Everyone has to live where they were born and raised. Therefore, I view these government plans in a negative light. People have built houses around them, they have settled, and now you have those neighbors here,” Jan sang with her head.
He recalled the story when many Lithuanians were deported to Siberia after the war. But most returned to their places of origin, restored.
Satellite Street to host migrants does not seem suitable for him because there is a kindergarten, an elementary school and a nursing home nearby.
“If the government really attacks those plans, we will picket them,” promised the old man from Palydovo Street.
Another place to house migrants is Snow Street.
Alex met him had a philosophical mindset.
Fear is sowing among Vilnius residents
“States have always been at war over religion or over land. Now we let in those we fight with,” the man wondered.
He is convinced that migrants are deliberately housed in densely populated cities to spread fear and perhaps hatred among the population. Therefore, the negative consequences can be extremely painful.
Alex, who lives in the United States, had to see all kinds of events with his own eyes.
Forced the authorities to abandon their plans
In Grigiškės, the news that immigrants were to be housed in the old school building sparked a wave of outrage last week.
When the municipality announced this a week ago, 15 percent. The people of Grigiškės were against such plans and forced the government to change them.
The Grigiskians delivered the collected signatures in an instant to the Ministry of the Interior and the municipality.
By the way, in the electoral district of Grigiškės, the current Minister of the Interior, Agn A Bilotaitė, was elected a member of the Seimas. “We voted in favor and the politician wanted to give us a safe neighborhood,” sighed Andrejs Kažura, one of the promoters of the signature collection.
In the petition, the people of Grigiškės were shocked: the abandoned school building on Kovo 11-osios street is next to the working Grigiškės gymnasium. Also nearby are a polyclinic, a children’s center, a hospital, a library, many apartment buildings and private houses.
“It is not clear how it is planned to handle the potentially dangerous processes related to the accommodation of migrants, especially considering that the Grigiškės police station has been abolished. And foreign experience shows that the opening of such migrant reception centers it significantly worsens the criminogenic situation, ”says the petition.
Grigiskes is also concerned that immigrants will cross the Lithuanian border illegally and sometimes even oppose officials. Also, they often hide their identities.
According to them, the fact that some migrants are unwilling to obey the rules is also demonstrated by the example of the June 23 riots at the Alien Registration Center in Pabradė, when officials even had to fire shots into the air.
Therefore, in the petition, the residents of Grigiškės demanded to reject the offer to house illegal immigrants not only in the old abandoned school building, but also in other premises.
Furthermore, they demanded to ensure that in future all decisions of a similar nature are taken in consultation with the residents of Grigiškės.
The Grigiskis are against other forms of accommodation for illegal immigrants: tent camps, the provision of social housing.
According to A.Kažura, the petition was signed by 9 out of 10 Grigskis residents, who were offered to do so, an obvious majority.
They soon received assurances from A.Bilotaitė that migrant camps would not be established in densely populated areas. The Vilnius Municipality responded the same.
According to the initiator, it is physically impossible to house people in an abandoned school building, but knowing what funds are going to the migrant problem, it is likely that this building will be repaired in a couple of months.
