Order on approval of the 2015–2017 action plan for implementation of the policy for the integration of foreigners

Coverage: Requirements for its application

Third-country nationals; refugees; asylum seekers; unaccompanied minors; stateless persons.

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Third-country nationals; refugees; asylum seekers; unaccompanied minors; stateless persons.

Criteria for coverage

Citizenship of a third country; granted asylum; temporary or permanent resident permit in Lithuania.

Original name of the legal document/act (native language)

Order of the Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania on Approval of the 2015–2017 action plan for implementation of the policy for the integration of foreigners, 31.12.2014 No A1-683, Register of Legal Acts No. 21297
Lietuvos Respublikos Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministro įsakymas Dėl užsieniečių integracijos politikos įgyvendinimo 2015–2017 metų veiksmų plano patvirtinimo, 31.12.2014 No A1-683, Register of Legal Acts No. 21297

Date of passage/approval

31^st December 2014

Date of signature

31^st December 2014

Date of publication

31^st December 2014

Are the effects retroactive?

No

Date of effect

1^st January 2015

Actors

Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania

Financing

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF): http://esf.socmin.lt/index.php

Earlier related reforms

In 2014, the Government adopted the ‘Lithuanian Migration Policy Guidelines’, in which migrant integration issues were emphasised and, for the first time since the restoration of Lithuanian independence, received special status as a prioritised policy area. As a consequence, the action plan was adopted.

Other related legislation

This was a new piece of legislation.

Full Text Source in English

Order of the Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania on Approval of the 2015–2017 action plan for implementation of the policy for the integration of foreigners, 31.12.2014 No A1-683, Register of Legal Acts No. 21297

Original full text source in native language

Lietuvos Respublikos Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministro įsakymas Dėl užsieniečių integracijos politikos įgyvendinimo 2015–2017 metų veiksmų plano patvirtinimo, 31.12.2014 No A1-683, Register of Legal Acts No. 21297

Original full text web source in native language

https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/ee908ca090d211e4bb408baba2bdddf3

In 2014, the government adopted the ‘Lithuanian Migration Policy Guidelines’, in which migrant integration issues were emphasised and, for the first time since the restoration of Lithuanian independence, received special status as a prioritised policy area. The guidelines indicated that the ‘Action Plan for Integration of Foreigners’ must be adopted. Eventually, the ‘Action Plan for Implementation of the Policy for the Integration of Foreigners’ was adopted. At the same time, a new area of policy emerged in the Ministry of Social Security of Labour – the integration of foreigners.

Secondary literature

Migrant Integration Policy Index: www.mipex.eu (New piece of legislation without significant scientific feedback)

Links to databases and sources for the analysis or evaluation of this policy field

Migrant Integration Policy Index: www.mipex.eu (New piece of legislation without significant scientific feedback)