AP/Mindaugas Kulbis
PM:06:16:08/12/2021
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SULAIMANI
— The Minister of the Interior of the
Republic of Lithuania, Agne Bilotaite, said on Wednesday (December 8) any
migrant who voluntarily returns to their country of origin will receive 1,000
Euros, Lithuanian National Radio and Television said.
The
payouts are being increased from 300 Euros offered by the State Border Guard
Service.
Bilotaite
said the repatriation of migrants will be a long complex process, adding the
funds would mostly come from European Commission’s financial aid for Lithuania
for handling the migrant crisis.
According
to the ministry 3,272 asylum seekers have entered the country but only 54 have
been given asylum.
Lithuania
has built a razor-wire fence along 60 km of its border over the last few
months, Deutsche Welle said.
Bilotaite
also said the decision to provide financial support will continue until January
20, 2022 and will only apply to those migrants currently in the country.
(NRT
Digital Media)