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Lithuanian gov't has plan to tackle emigration

Xinhua, July 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Lithuanian government Wednesday approved an action plan to tame emigration and encourage remigration.

According to the cabinet's announcement, the plan includes measures aimed at eliminating social, economic factors that cause emigration.

The government said it will seek to ensure "job matching person's qualifications and opportunities to increase and develop it" by promoting entrepreneurship, easing the access to financing, decreasing the burden of red tape for businesses, attracting qualified jobs and improving employment conditions.

The government promised to put efforts in ensuring higher income.

"Wage regulation is to be improved and access to public services is to be increased as well," said the government in its announcement.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius vowed to enhance cooperation among governmental institutions in analyzing the issue.

"I hope that by consolidating efforts and working in one team, analytical work will be improved, and maybe we will sooner see which decisions need to be implemented," Butkevicius said in an interview to Lithuanian National radio LRT.

According to the head of the cabinet, emigration remains the problem for the country despite its growing economy, improving situation in the labor market and increasing wages.

According to the European migration network, Lithuania has one of the highest emigration rates in the European Union.

Last year, the number of emigrants increased by 9.9 percent, compared to 2014, up to 46,500, showed the data from Statistics Lithuania. The number of emigrants per thousand residents increased from 12.5 to 16.

At the same time, the number of immigrants to Lithuania decreased by 2.9 percent, to 23,600.

Negative net migration trends led to a decrease of population in the Baltic state by 1.1 percent, to 2.89 million residents at the start of 2016.

Economic factors, such as job, salary or financial well-being are the most important for Lithuanians abroad when considering return to Lithuania, showed the latest survey by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry. Enditem