VILNIUS, LITHUANIA (AP) — An influx of migrants from Iraq and elsewhere into Lithuania allegedly abetted by neighbouring Belarus appears to have stopped, but with a pile of asylum applications to process and local communities angry about nearby migrant camps, the Lithuanian government faces an unfamiliar challenge.
The UN refugee agency’s representative for the Baltic region said on Friday that while the “emergency phase” of the mass arrivals seems to be over, Lithuania must now focus on the well-being of the people held in immigration detention centres and on assessing their claims for international protection.
