What does the Rūdninkai camp look like when the last migrants leave: in the photo gallery – eloquent shots

Rūdninkai newcomers who crossed the country’s border illegally were transferred to Kybartai this week, where the Kybartai Alien Registration Center was opened on Monday at the former prison facility.

When the migrants left the camp, there were many things to tell about people’s lives: discarded clothes, dishes, food scraps, bedding, even shoes:

“Last night they tried to get out of the camp, they tried to dig a tunnel from the tent on the side of the camp through a protective fence, through the bottom, but if there was not enough time or strength, and the officials saw it. It was prevented. the attempted exit, ”said the camp administrator.

R. Žekonis confirmed that the people who excavated the tunnel have been identified, but will not be subject to sanctions.

“It just came to our notice then. It failed, it failed. We didn’t make accurate measurements, but it was enough to get the turnips out. I think up to ten meters underground. It was still halfway there,” he said.

After the incident, the administrator said, officers dismantled the tents closest to the fence to prevent a repeat.

R. Žekonis explained that the migrants whose tents were in the worst condition first went to Kybartai. In total, there were 64 tents at the Rūdninkai Public Security Service training ground.

The local manager recognized that working that job was challenging for him and other employees.

“You know very well that the issue of migrants has been a challenge for the whole of Lithuania since the summer of this year, but I think we get along quite well, we work as a team, we really communicate with the residents of the camp to listen to their needs, wishes, their problems, problems, ”said R. Žekonis.

Problems reported by non-governmental organizations could not be confirmed

The communication, he said, likely ensured that there were no major incidents. However, when asked about the dire problems mentioned in the Red Cross report in the field (sexual violence, caste system and others), R. Žekonis did not confirm them.

“Are [skundai – aut. past.] They were taped, it was for everyone we caught, whether the officers or I called the police. And there were only two such cases: one due to a robbery, the other due to a health disorder. In both cases, the police have launched a pre-trial investigation, ”emphasized the camp administrator.

Although the tents were not heated, at the end of the summer, according to R. Žekonis, the migrants received new warm clothes and sleeping bags, and the army provided everyone with a military thermal blanket.

“I think at least until this week there was enough to get through the hot night,” he said.

R. Žekonis also said that the message that they would be taken to another place of accommodation was received very positively by the migrants and they were waiting for it. It is true that some people tried to hide from the officials by changing the tents, but eventually they all left voluntarily.

“As you can see, we moved 740 people in five days quite quickly,” said the camp administrator in Rūdninkai.

He explained that migrants whose tents were in the worst condition went to Kybartai first. In total, there were 64 tents at the Rūdninkai Public Security Service training ground.

“People migrated through those stores: they live in one store, then they agree to live in another and go to another,” said R. Žekonis.

According to him, the migrants transported on the buses were accompanied by armed border agents, accompanied by Lithuanian and Polish police teams.

Rūdninkai will remain a reserve location

Rūdninkai migrants who crossed the country’s border illegally were transferred to Kybartai this week. Here, as announced in the press release of the Ministry of the Interior, foreigners will live in conditions of greater security.

Rūdninkai will remain as a reserve site, if necessary (in the event of a sudden increase in the number of migrants) a modular house camp would be set up.

Under the Migrant Accommodation Scheme, several centralized migrant accommodation centers will be established to meet different needs. All migrants will be moved to heated or insulated buildings and heated modular homes by October from border barriers, temporarily provided buildings in municipal areas and tent camps.

There are currently 446 migrants at the border barriers, but none of them live in tents. Different groups of migrants are accommodated in modular houses located in the territories of the Medininkai Border Guard School and the Pabradė Alien Accommodation Center.

According to the agreement with the Ministry of Social Security and Labor, the most socially vulnerable groups, that is, families with young children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, are housed in Rukla – the Refugee Reception Center and modular camps and in the Naujininkai hostel in Vilnius next week.

The Kybartai Alien Registration Center opened in the former prison on Monday.

The opening ceremony of the Kybartai Alien Registration Center was held on Monday at the former Kybartai Correctional Home.

The center will be guarded by SBGS and officials of the Public Safety Service, the building is monitored by video cameras, a previously installed barbed wire fence is left.

According to the Interior Ministry, Kybartai has a well-developed infrastructure to guarantee the accommodation needs of migrants: the former correctional facility has a heating system, electricity, Internet connection, hot water and food, and a medical point. There are also leisure facilities: a library, a craft center, a gym, and in the open correctional area you can practice sports at the football stadium and basketball courts.