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Lithuanian migrant crisis enters new phase as influx ceases

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — An influx of migrants from Iraq and elsewhere into Lithuania allegedly abetted by neighboring Belarus appears to have stopped, but with a pile of asylum applications to process and local communities angry about nearby migrant camps, the Lithuanian government faces an unfamiliar challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lithuanian migrant crisis enters new phase as influx ceases

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — An influx of migrants from Iraq and elsewhere into Lithuania allegedly abetted by neighboring Belarus appears to have stopped, but with a pile of asylum applications to process and local communities angry about nearby migrant camps, the Lithuanian government faces an unfamiliar challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lithuanian migrant crisis enters new phase as influx ceases

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — An influx of migrants from Iraq and elsewhere into Lithuania allegedly abetted by neighboring Belarus appears to have stopped, but with a pile of asylum applications to process and local communities angry about nearby migrant camps, the Lithuanian government faces an unfamiliar challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lithuanian migrant crisis enters new phase as influx ceases

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — An influx of migrants from Iraq and elsewhere into Lithuania allegedly abetted by neighboring Belarus appears to have stopped, but with a pile of asylum applications to process and local communities angry about nearby migrant camps, the Lithuanian government faces an unfamiliar challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lithuania struggles with migrant influx opened by Belarus

VEREBIEJAI, Lithuania (AP) — Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time. He and dozens of other migrants are fenced in at an old school after walking at night through the thick woods into Lithuania from neighboring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Lithuania struggles with migrant influx opened by Belarus

VEREBIEJAI, Lithuania (AP) — Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time. He and dozens of other migrants are fenced in at an old school after walking at night through the thick woods into Lithuania from neighboring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Lithuania struggles with migrant influx opened by Belarus

VEREBIEJAI, Lithuania (AP) — Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time. He and dozens of other migrants are fenced in at an old school after walking at night through the thick woods into Lithuania from neighboring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Lithuania struggles with migrant flood opened by Belarus

VEREBIEJAI, Lithuania (AP) — Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time. He and dozens of other migrants are fenced in at an old school after walking at night through the thick woods into Lithuania from neighboring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Belarus opposition figure detained when flight diverted

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A prominent opponent of Belarus' authoritarian president was arrested Sunday after the airliner in which he was traveling was diverted to the country after a bomb threat, in what the opposition and Western officials denounced as a hijacking operation by the government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Belarus opposition figure detained when flight diverted

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A prominent opponent of Belarus' authoritarian president was arrested Sunday after the airliner in which he was traveling was diverted to the country after a bomb threat, in what the opposition and Western officials denounced as a hijacking operation by the government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Belarus opposition figure detained when flight diverted

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A prominent opponent of Belarus' authoritarian president was arrested Sunday after the airliner in which he was traveling was diverted to the country after a bomb threat, in what the opposition and Western officials denounced as a hijacking operation by the government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Belarus opposition figure detained when flight diverted

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A prominent opponent of Belarus' authoritarian president was arrested Sunday after the airliner in which he was traveling was diverted to the country after a bomb threat, in what the opposition and Western officials denounced as a hijacking operation by the government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Lithuania's parliament OKs new PM, then closes due to virus

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s parliament approved Tuesday conservative Ingrida Simonyte as the Baltic country’s next prime minister before shutting down for a week because of a recent COVID-19 spike in the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Lithuania swings to the center-right as opposition wins vote

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A center-right coalition in Lithuania, led by the conservative Homeland Union, is headed back to power after eight years in the opposition after winning the most votes in a weekend parliamentary runoff.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Lithuania holds parliamentary vote as pandemic hits jobs

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians voted Sunday in a parliamentary runoff where the winner will have to tackle a growing health crisis and high unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

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