Immigration

Children in migration: Report of EU Member States and Norway 2020 (2021)
Children in migration: Report of EU Member States and Norway 2020 (2021)
Report maps the progress made by Member States and Norway in 2020 in relation to the recommended actions stipulated in the 2017 European Commission Communication on the protection of children in migration.
Children in migration: National Report of Lithuania 2019 (2020)
Children in migration: National Report of Lithuania 2019 (2020)

Conducted research presents national policies and practices concerning third-country minors in Lithuania.

Beneficiaries of international protection travelling to their country of origin (2018)
Beneficiaries of international protection travelling to their country of origin (2018)
The study aimed to map information on the reasons for BIPs’ contacts with authorities and travels to the country of origin and how these cases were assessed by national authorities. Furthermore, the study examined whether such acts have had any possible consequences for the international protection status and the right to stay of the persons concerned.
Labour market integration of third-country nationals in Lithuania (2018)
Labour market integration of third-country nationals in Lithuania (2018)
The study aims to provide an overview of existing labour market integration policies in Lithuania targeting third-country nationals. It focusses on current policies and those either recently implemented (as of 2014) or amended since 2014.
Attracting and retaining international students in Lithuania (2018)
Attracting and retaining international students in Lithuania (2018)

The study aimed to explore the national policies and practices in Lithuania to attract and retain third-country national students. It examined the incentives in place at national level to encourage international students to study in Lithuania and to stay on in Lithuania following graduation.

Attracting and retaining international students in Lithuania (2018)
Attracting and retaining international students in Lithuania (2018)
The overall purpose of this research is to evaluate why non-EU students chose Lithuania for their studies, how they rate the quality of their studies and do they plan to remain in Lithuania after finishing them.
Impact of visa liberalisation on countries of destination (2018)
Impact of visa liberalisation on countries of destination (2018)

The study analyses and reviews various migration indicators and developments in migration processes over the period of 2007-2017 as related to the introduction of the visa-free regime with the European Union (EU) countries, which entered into force in respect of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Georgia (Sakartveli) and Ukraine.

Searching for family life: family reunification in Lithuania (2016)
Searching for family life: family reunification in Lithuania (2016)

The study aims to overview Lithuanian national policies and/or practices on family reunification and provide up-to-date information on recent developments in this field (i.e. since 2011 onwards).

Attracting business and investment to Lithuania (2015)
Attracting business and investment to Lithuania (2015)

The overall aim of this study is to evaluate Lithuanian policy oriented towards attracting foreign business persons and investors, its practice and opportunities, and the direct connection of this process with migration.

Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay (2015)
Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay (2015)

The aim of this study is to provide an overview and analysis of the conditions that regulate the changes of status between different categories of third-country nationals in Lithuania.

Social and health care services for migrants (2013)
Social and health care services for migrants (2013)

The study aims at investigating the legal and administrative opportunities of third-country nationals to receive social and health care services in the Republic of Lithuania. The target group of the study is the third-country nationals residing in Lithuania and holding a permanent or temporary residence permit.

International students in Lithuania (2012)
International students in Lithuania (2012)
This study analyses policy and measures adopted by Lithuania to attract international students, identifies emerging challenges, possible cases of abuse, and aims to evaluate the impact that students exert now and can exert in the future on evolution of universities as well as on society and education.
Non-EU students' experiences in Lithuania (2012)
Non-EU students' experiences in Lithuania (2012)

The overall purpose of this research is to evaluate how non-EU country students feel in Lithuania, what positive and negative sides they see while coming and then living in it. The study also presents recommendations about possible changes allowing to attract more non-EU country students to Lithuania.

Visa policy and migration flows in the Republic of Lithuania (2010)
Visa policy and migration flows in the Republic of Lithuania (2010)

This study pursues the aim of presenting Lithuania’s visa policy and the latest developments in this field, analysing links between visa policy and immigration flows, with a particular attention devoted to prevention of illegal immigration and pointing out some problems of visa issuance. 

Circular and temporary migration (2010)
Circular and temporary migration (2010)

The study aims at presenting the concepts of temporary and circular migration, the effective legal regulation in Lithuania, an assessment of these forms of migrations as well as main statistical data. The period analysed covers the years of 2004-2009.