Evelina Gudzinskaitė does not plant to resign as director of the Lithuanian Migration Department under the Interior Ministry after receiving a negative assessment of her work.
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Unreliable individuals have entered Lithuania due to gaps in the country's migration system, says Darius Jauniškis, chief of the State Security Department (VSD).
Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas proposed on Tuesday to abolish the country's Migration Department, which has been under criticism lately, and transfer its functions to the police.
The Lithuanian Migration Department decided last week not to extend the residence permit of Anton Treushnikov, an advisor to the council of a bank linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the department's director has confirmed to Laisvės TV.
Lithuania's Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas has instructed the ministry's Corruption Prevention and Internal Investigations Division to scrutinize the circumstances of a possible leak of information from the Migration Department to third parties.
