The number of immigrant workers has increased by 23.3 thousand over the recent year in Lithuania and now totals 138.3 thousand coming from 132 countries, the Employment Service reports.
migrant workers
7 straipsnių
The Interior Ministry’s proposal to tighten rules for employing foreign nationals in Lithuania should include a lower quota for third-country nationals, says Minister of Social Security and Labour Monika Navickienė.
More professionals from Ukraine are expected to come to Lithuania after the government has made it easier for businesses to hire third-country nationals in certain occupations, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday.
As British voters hit the polls to decide whether the United Kingdom stays or leaves the European Union, many Lithuanians both at home and in the UK feel that the results of the referendum would affect their lives. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
With shrinking labour force universally acknowledged as the biggest impediment to Lithuania's long-term economic growth prospects, increasingly many migrants are coming to the country to fill job vacancies.
