A. Bilotait: The first refugees can reach Lithuania already on Thursday yesterday
Agn Bilotait, Minister of the Interior. Photo by Darius Jonutis
For the time being, how many Ukrainians can come to Lithuania, but the first refugees can reach Lithuania as early as Thursday, says Interior Minister Agn Bilotait.
The situation is such that it is difficult to name and say what the number is, but we all understand that we are not the first country to first reach the other and then enter Lithuania, then first Poland and then Lithuania falls into it, this is the most realistic scenario for Thursday journalists. said the Minister of the Interior.
We know that about 20% of the people who enter Poland may plan to come to Lithuania, she said.
According to the Minister, it is not yet clear how many Ukrainians are currently on the border with Poland, but the flow is ongoing.
We agree to coordinate our actions and simplify processes, added Bilotait.
According to her, the first refugees may arrive in Ukraine as early as Thursday yesterday.
Lithuania is currently ready to receive 10,000 refugees from Ukraine, but other scenarios are being assessed.
We have three early scenarios. One is the number of tourist accommodation for this situation is about 10,000. The second scenario was calculated according to the specific population of the municipality of 20,000 people, if you came to Lithuania. And this is already, I said critical, about 30,000 companies with a request to the municipalities to take joint responsibility and approve the location of specific companies due to increased traffic, said Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Vitaly Dmitriev.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, Poland is currently ready to accept about 200,000 people, Latvia, Romania and Slovakia 10,000 thousand. Estonia 3000.
Meeting at the border with Poland
First of all, the Ukrainians are being prepared to be accommodated in the municipalities of Lazdijai and Kalvarija, on the border with Poland, where refugees will be informed about migration procedures.
We anticipate such trusts, Ukrainian citizens, on these paths. The aim is to inform about Lithuania’s possibilities to accept them, to inform about migration procedures, says V. Dmitrijevas.
According to him, in the second stage, Ukrainians will be able to go to the registration center, one of which is the Alytus Culture and Communication Center. Another such center is planned in MarijampolÄ—.
To this day, an agreement has been reached with the Alytus city administration and the mayor specifically on one object, where the main goal may be to perform only short-term accommodation, but also migration procedures, said the Deputy Minister.
According to him, it is planned that Ukrainians will be accommodated in such centers for a maximum of 72 hours.
Public initiative for accommodation
The National Voluntary Coordination Center for Volunteers is strongly inviting the registration of companies that have been able to house war-torn Ukrainians.
Along with the public initiative Strong, the possibility of registering the country’s residents, rear-ends and those wishing to accommodate Ukrainians in their homes has been discussed, said Interior Minister Agn Bilotait.
I believe that the feeling of solidarity and brother is very strong, and I believe that today Strong will present more and more of the project together, she added.
According to her, the accommodation of Ukrainians is coordinated both with the Ukrainian diaspora and with the Viebui Association.
Accommodation is also being discussed with the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, the Ministry of Social Security and Labor and the Ministry of Health for emergency medical care.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning near Ukraine’s borders.
Earlier this week, he hailed the independence of a Moscow-backed separatist country in the east.
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