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Vilnius migration head defends ‘racist’ comments

Jun 18, 2008
By Adam Mullett and Rokas M. Tracevskis

VILNIUS - The head of the Vilnius City Migration Service, Gintaras Baguzis, has defended controversial comments which he made on national TV. Baguzis allegedly labeled non-Europeans as terrorist threats to Lithuania.  The official claimed the comments were taken out of context. The official was speaking at a press conference on 60 Chinese immigrants illegally working on chicken farms near the town of Kaisiadorys. “The problems started when Lithuania joined the EU. They cause social and ...


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