{"id":1187646,"date":"2022-01-04T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187646"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:04:19","slug":"voluntary-repatriation-lithuania-paid-migrants-1100-to-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voluntary-repatriation-lithuania-paid-migrants-1100-to-return-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Voluntary Repatriation: Lithuania Paid Migrants $1,100 to Return Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvoluntary-repatriation-lithuania-paid-migrants-1100-to-return-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187646&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1356425481-e1641317884646-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Lithuanian government has paid 98 illegal migrants \u20ac1,000 ($1,130) each to return to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The Lithuanian government paid 98 Iraqis who had crossed illegally into Lithuania through the Lithuanian-Belarusian border&nbsp;\u20ac1,000&nbsp;($1,130) each, to peacefully board a flight to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Lithuanian Ministry of the Interior released a <a href=\"https:\/\/vrm.lrv.lt\/en\/news\/almost-100-irregular-migrants-left-lithuania-for-iraq\">statement<\/a> saying that all 98 migrants left voluntarily on the 2nd of January 2022, after their asylum claims were rejected.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Ministry have called the scheme a \u201cone-time payout\u201d in place for all illegal migrants \u201ccurrently\u201d in Lithuania and it is valid until the 20th of January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme has been praised by the Interior Ministry as they say it saves the Lithuanian people money. The Ministry has highlighted that the cost is largely covered by the European Commission (the executive branch of the European Union) and that if the migrants were to remain each one would cost the Lithuanian people an average of \u20ac11,000 euros a year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to this&nbsp;\u20ac1,000 voluntary repatriation policy, Lithuania did provide financial incentives for migrants to turn home, but the Interior Ministry has said that \u201cthe decision to triple the state payout for returning migrants has paid off\u201d and that the Lithuanian people \u201ccan see the result already\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania\u2019s Minister of the Interior Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117 has said that all \u201cforeigners\u201d who entered Lithuania and the EU illegally&nbsp;\u201cmust be returned to their countries of origin\u201d. Bilotait\u0117 also encouraged illegal migrants to \u201creturn voluntarily\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Lithuanian Ministry have said that they have already returned 537 migrants to their countries of origin and \u201c482 of whom did so voluntarily\u201d. They state that there are currently 3,166 illegal migrants living in Lithuanian migrant registration centres.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Belarus Migration \u2018Hybrid War\u2019 Is Greatest Attempt to Destabilise Europe Since Cold War, Says Polish PM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ddS21UpHAU\">https:\/\/t.co\/ddS21UpHAU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1463140527570751494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lithuanian government, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/22\/belarus-migration-hybrid-war-is-greatest-attempt-to-destabilise-europe-since-cold-war-says-polish-pm\/\">other<\/a> Eastern European nations, has blamed Belarus \u2014 which they labelled an \u201cundemocratic regime\u201d \u2014 for the increase in migrants attempting to cross into Lithuania, stating they believe Iraqi citizens have fallen for Belarus\u2019 \u201cdeception\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Ministry has stated Iraqi citizens \u201cmake up the majority of irregular migrants to Lithuania\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In December last year, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europol.europa.eu\/media-press\/newsroom\/news\/europol-coordinates-referral-action-targeting-migrant-smuggling-belarus\">published<\/a>&nbsp;a report that said they found \u201ca total of 455 social media accounts facilitating the illegal immigration from Belarus to Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Europol alleges that these accounts posted&nbsp;\u201ccontent promoting illegal immigration services from Belarus to Europe\u201d, such as \u201cadvertising the sale of counterfeit ID documents, passports, visas or illegal transportation services\u201d. Europol has claimed that these accounts have led to \u201ca large increase of departures and irregular border crossings\u201d into Europe.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who is behind these social media accounts, but Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/alexander-lukashenko-migrants-belarus-poland-border\/\">denied<\/a>&nbsp;allegations that he invited migrants into Belarus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lukashenko: \u2018Absolutely Possible\u2019 Belarus Forces Undermining EU Border \u2013 \u2018I Won\u2019t Even Look into This\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6w8Fdm164W\">https:\/\/t.co\/6w8Fdm164W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1462112503597604870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lithuanian government has paid 98 illegal migrants \u20ac1,000 ($1,130) each to return to Iraq. 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