Some 32,000 third-country nationals came to work in Lithuania in the first half of this year, down 11% than compared to the same period last year (36,000). Meanwhile, 6,800, or 33.3% more, came from other EU countries, Lithuania’s Employment Service reported on Wednesday.
However, the total number of third-country nationals currently working in Lithuania increased by 8.7% to 150,300, from 138,300 on July 1 last year, while the number of EU nationals went up by 27% to 15,500, from 12,200.
The number of Belarusians dropped by 2.7% to 47,200, and the number of Kyrgyz nationals rose 5.3% to 5,400. Meanwhile the number of Ukrainians increased by 8.4% to 49,100, the number of Uzbeks rose 32% to 9,900, and the number of Indians jumped 43.9% to 5,900.
“We have recorded a major increase in the employment of people from Pakistan as 740 people came to work, up by 89%, and from the Philippines – 540 (244% more), especially in our country’s major cities,” Jurgita Zemblytė, head of the Employment Service’s Monitoring and Analysis Division, said.
Currently, people from 163 countries are working in Lithuania, including from 137 non-EU countries. The largest communities of third-country nationals are Ukrainians (49,000), Belarusians (47,000), Uzbeks (9,900), Tajiks (6,600) and Indians (5,900).
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