Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service (VSAT) is set to close the foreigners' registration centre in the southwestern city of Kybartai and will cut 150 jobs.
“Currently, 52 foreigners live at this centre, compared to around 700 initially. It’s not cost-effective and doesn’t make sense to keep the staff for such a number [of migrants],” Giedrius Mišutis, the VSAT spokesperson, told BNS.
“The centre in Medininkai was closed, so the one in Kybartai will also be closed, as it was opened at the height of the migrant crisis,” he added.
The centre’s closure on March 1 will lead to the loss of 150 jobs.
Earlier this month, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė said that just over 200 migrants who crossed into Lithuania from Belarus remained in the country.
Last year, almost 4,200 migrants entered Lithuania from Belarus. Most of them have since fled Lithuania after being allowed to move freely inside the country. Some migrants have also been returned to their countries of origin, while around 500 have been granted asylum in Lithuania.
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