Iraqi migrant family sues Lithuanian government for not granting refugee status

  • 2016-01-18
  • LT Daily, DELFI, VILNIUS
An Iraqi migrant family, which were the first to arrive in Lithuania under the European Union's refugee resettlement programme last December, is suing the Migration Department for not granting them refugee status. The family, which has been granted legal protection instead of refugee status, has filed a complaint against the Migration Department's decision, Evelina Gudzinskaitė, acting head of the department confirmed to DELFI. "The Migration Department has made the decision and they [Iraqi family] lodged a complaint at a court," she s...
 
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