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“In response to the growing number of foreigners living and working in our country, we are strengthening control over the legal stay of foreigners in Lithuania, prevention of violations of immigration procedures and conditions of employment of foreigners,” said the Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė in a statement released on Wednesday.
According to her, in order to ensure national security and prevent cases of abuse, legal regulations are currently being developed to help regulate the procedures for the employment and settlement of foreigners in Lithuania.
During the first quarter of this year, the Migration Department prohibited 39 companies from submitting mediation letters in order to employ foreigners in Lithuania.
“The qualifications of foreigners who come to Lithuania on the basis of work do not always meet the qualification requirements set by the employer, so employers do not hire or terminate the employment relationship with the foreigner. When employers terminate employment contracts with foreigners, their departure from Lithuania is not taken care of, and foreigners are not always informed about the obligation to leave,” the MIA report reads.
More than 125 thousand people have residence permits in Lithuania. foreigners
Currently, 125,124 foreigners have valid residence permits in Lithuania, issued on the basis of work, business and other legal activities, the ministry said.
Due to abuses of migration rules, temporary residence permits in Lithuania were refused this year, they were changed or canceled altogether for 6112 persons.
In 2023, the number of foreigners living in Lithuania exceeded 200 thousand for the first time in the country’s history. limit, and this year more than 227 thousand people live in the country. foreigners. This is 8.1 percent. of all Lithuanian residents.
Companies and foreigners are inspected by the Migration Department, the State Border Guard Service, the police, the State Labor Inspectorate and the Tax Inspectorate.
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