UNHCR has submitted its observations on draft Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Legal Status of Aliens.
UNHCR’s observations to the law proposal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the amendments of Law on Legal Status of Aliens (No 21-29207).
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted observations to the Ministry of the Internal Affairs on the law proposal, published on the 26 of August. The new draft amendments complement previous amendments to the same law undertaken in fast-track procedures in July and August 2021. The current amendments aim at regulating the functioning of the asylum system, including access, availability of procedural safeguards and reception standards in exceptional situations, namely “when a state of war, a state of emergency or an emergency due to a mass influx of aliens is declared.”
The law proposal includes prolonged detention of asylum-seekers and is limiting access to asylum.
UNHCR shared with the Lithuanian government its observations to the amendments of the Law on Legal Status of Aliens (No XIV-506) on 28 July 2021. Those observations and recommendations remain valid.
UNHCR’s observations are available here in Lithuanian and English.
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