Lithuania runs out of places for refugees from Ukraine

The Ministry of Labor of Lithuania said that the country no longer can accommodate refugees from Ukraine, Report informs, citing the Lithuanian agency ELTA.

“The readiness of the Lithuanian society to accept Ukrainians is still very important, but the organization coordinating this process has signaled more than once recently that the possibilities for accommodation with the population have been exhausted,” the message says.

Luka Lesauskaitė, the representative of the Red Cross in Lithuania, said that it is predicted that the flow of Ukrainian refugees into the country will increase with the onset of cold weather, and according to “unfavorable scenarios,” their number in the republic could reach 100,000. At the moment, about 61 thousand refugees are registered in the country. On average, about 150 people arrive per week.