The Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

State Border Guard Service at the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

Administration Division

Information Analysis Unit of the Criminal Investigations Board

The Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

L. Sapiegos str. 1

LT-10312 Vilnius

State Border Guard Service at the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

Savanoriu ave. 2

LT-03116 Vilnius

1. Introduction

This metadata information is provided by Lithuanian authorities to ensure compliance with the requirements of Articles 5 and 7 of Regulation 862/2007 on Community Statistics on Migration and International Protection.

As required by Article 9 of the Regulation 862/2007, Member States must report to Eurostat on the data sources used, the reasons for the selection of these sources and the effects of the selected data on the quality of the statistics. Member States shall provide it with all the information necessary to evaluate the quality, comparability and completeness of the statistical information.

The reference terms for the assessment of quality compliance are provided by Eurostat in the EIL technical guidelines (See section 3.4 Statistical concepts and definitions from the EIL ESMS file).

2. General description of the statistical domain at national level

EIL National System (level of development, main changes that affected the system in the last years and further development)

The system has not been changed. EIL statistics is collected by the same principle.

Statistical data collected in an automated fashion.

Legal national framework relevant for EIL statistics

State Border Guard Service Information System (VSATIS ):

Third-country nationals refused at border

The Register of Foreigners:

Third-country nationals found to be illegally present;

Third-country nationals who are subject to an obligation to leave;

Third-country nationals effectively returned;

Third-country nationals effectively returned to a third-country.

Institutional infrastructure (list of the institutions involved in managing the EIL registers and the institutions involved in the production of the EIL statistics)

The Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter: MD)

State Border Guard Service at the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter: SBGS)

General procedure for recording Non-EU citizens refused entry at the external borders

Statistical data are entered every day in the system (VSATIS), they are collected and processed.

General procedure for recording Non-EU citizens found to be illegally present

All issued decisions are registered in the Register of Foreigners.

General procedure for recording Non-EU citizens ordered to leave

All issued decisions are registered in the Register of Foreigners.

General procedure for recording Non-EU citizens returned following an order to leave

The execution of decisions is controlled and the departure date is entered in the Register of Foreigners.

3. Main problems that affect the quality of the data and what tables are concerned including the compliance status with the definitions from EIL Technical Guideline

(See metadata information including concepts and definitions from the EIL ESMS file)

There are no problems.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

Statistical data are obtained by joining the Register of Foreigners.

Description of the data validation system at national level

Estimations used: Details on the estimations done for EIL statistics (methodology applied and the concerned categories and tables)

Third-country nationals refused at border

Statistical data are obtained from reports prepared information system. The statistics obtained are processed and entered into the approval of the transfer of official statistics excel template.

The statistics obtained are compared to last year's statistics.

Third-country nationals found to be illegally present, Third-country nationals who are subject to an obligation to leave, Third-country nationals effectively returned

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

1. Description of the Quality management system at national level

Quality of statistical information and its preparation are ensured in accordance with the European Statistics Code.  Data quality is in accordance with principles of accuracy and reliability, timeliness and punctuality, coherence and compatibility. Statistics of the reporting period are compared with statistics of the previous reporting period.

• Good quality (extensive quality) - covers all quality requirements and substantial quality checks are performed and a very good cooperation exists between institutions.
• Sufficient quality (acceptable quality) - covers minimum requirements, but issues still exist and more information/validation is needed for a better quality assessment and acceptable cooperation issues exists.
• Poor quality (inadequate quality) - the data do not meet the minimum requirements or there is not enough information for quality assessment and important cooperation issues exists.

1. General aspects

The statistics collected under the Regulation 862/2007 are widely used in official publications and by a wide range of users at national, European and International level.

Main users of EIL statistics at national level
The EIL statistics produced are regularly used by national administrations: academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.

The main users are state and municipal institutions and agencies, business and research community, international organizations, the media.
 
Main users of EIL statistics at European and International level
The main users of EIL statistics are Eurostat, DG Home Affairs and EASO. The statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. The statistics also provide an input to the EMN studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.

2. EIL data publication at national level

Presentation of the EIL statistics published at national level

Statistical information on EIL data is provided in annual statistical publication Migration Yearbook of the Migration Department under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (http://migracija.lrv.lt/lt/statistika/migracijos-metrasciai, only in Lithuanian), in the database of the Migration Department under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (http://migracija.lrv.lt/lt/statistika/pagrindiniai-migracijos-rodikliai-lietuvos-respublikoje, only in Lithuanian).

Statistical information on EIL data is also available on the Database of Indicators of Statistics of Lithuania https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/web/guest/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize#/ (Population and social statistics -> Migration -> Arrival and stay in the country and return).

The statistics on third-country nationals refused at border also is provided to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).

Differences between the data provided to Eurostat and the data published at national level (Comparability of figures)

Not applicable.

Not available.

Completeness of the data provided based on Articles 5 and 7 Regulation 862/2007 (mandatory data provision) and justification of the missing mandatory breakdowns and completeness of the data provided on voluntary basis.

Not applicable.

Procedures and classifications used in case of missing information (e.g. unknown citizenship, age, etc)

In cases of „Unknown country of citizenship", this citizenship is reported as "Unknown"

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable

 *target population refers to the population that should be included (as it is specified in technical guidelines)

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Details related to the data revision policy and expected revisions of the data sent to Eurostat

Data revision shall be performed after the noncompliance of the statistical information has been recorded or if users notices of noncompliance of this information has been received.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not available.

Not available.

Problems with data provision to Eurostat in due time and the impact of these problems on the data quality provided to Eurostat

There are no problems.

Not available.

1. Provision of data using the Eurostat EIL Technical Guidelines and exceptions applied

Data are provided using the Eurostat EIL Technical Guidelines.

2. Details on categories of Non-EU citizens difficult to be classified using the reference definitions from EIL technical guidelines and the categories excluded from these reasons (excluded from the statistics reported)

There is no issue regarding classification of Non-EU citizens difficult to be classified.

3. Description of records related to "Unknown" country of citizenship category

Individuals whose nationality could not be determined.

4. Description of records related to "Unknown" age category

Age-related data will always be registered (at least the year). In case that the age is unknown an estimate is made.

5. Description of records related to "Unknown" sex category

Not applicable. According to national law there is male and female. There is no “unknown” sex category.

6. Establishing the reported ground in case of “multiple grounds” for the same refusal and the impact on double counting of the person in the same dataset

It is applied the methodological procedure of "one ground per refused person", as laid down in EIL Technical Guidelines (procedure of "higher” ground overrules the “lower” ground for refusal).

The person is counted more times.

7. Type of "external border" applicable

Land boarder, Sea border and Air border

8. The definition of “refused Non-EU citizens” applied

The Schengen Borders Code's refusal definition is applies for the Statistics reported to Eurostat.

9. The correspondence between the national system of “grounds for refusal" classification and Schengen Borders Code classification.

Classification of citizenship is based on the ISO-3166 code list (using alpha-2) with minor changes. These differences consist of minor changes that have occurred over time to reflect the creation of new countries or citizenships. In some cases, these citizenship categories are not universally recognised but are used by some Member States in the data supplied to Eurostat. Regulation (EC) no 562/2006 of the European parliament and of the council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), Annex 5, Part B

10. The definition of “Non-EU citizens found to be illegally present” applied

Non-EU citizens found to be illegally present are Non-EU citizens who stay in the Republic of Lithuania for a period exceeding the time period established in Pragraphs 2-5¹, 7 of Article 11 of the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens (only in Lithuanian) of staying in the Republic of Lithuania without a visa, who stay in the Republic of Lithuania after the expiry of the validity of a visa or without a visa, if it is necessary, or are holders of an abolished visa or have no valid travel document, or who have a falsified travel document or a visa, also who entered the Republic of Lithuania illegaly and who live in the Republic of Lithuania without a residence permit or who have an invalid, withdrawn or falsified residence permit.

11. The definition of “Non-EU citizens ordered to leave” applied

Third-country nationals found to be illegaly present in the territory of Lithuania who are subject to an administrative decision on voluntary or forced return.

12. The definition of “Non-EU citizens returned following an order to leave” applied

Non-EU citizens returned following an order to leave are Non-EU citizens who fulfil the obligation to leave the Republic of Lithuania voluntarily or are expelled from it to state, which not a Member State of the European Union or the European Free Trade Association.

Not applicable.

Methodological changes between the present reference year and previous year(s)

 There are no changes.

Justification of the important changes in figures reported for the present reference year and previous year(s)

 Not applicable.

Not applicable.

1. Links between the statistics on refused Non-EU citizens and the statistics on Non-EU citizens found to be illegally present.

Not applicable.

2. Links between the statistics on Non-EU citizens found to be illegally present and the statistics on Non-EU citizens with obligation to leave.

According to national law it is possibility to detect third-country nationals illegaly present in Lithuania but it is impossible to issue him/her an obligation to leave. For example it could be due to humanitarian aspects or because of marriage to a Lithuanian citizen. At the same time it is possible that some cases included in Y3 will not be shown in Y2. It covers cases, when the obligation to leave is issued in connection with negative asylum decision.  

3. Coherence between the EIL statistics and Asylum statistics

Not applicable.

4. Dublin cases included in EIL statistics and the impact on the totals provided 

Without Dublin cases – according to Technical Guidelines For The Data Collection.

5. Inclusion of voluntary returned Non-EU citizens in the statistics on Non-EU citizens who actually left the territory 

Voluntary returns includes in the statistics on Non-EU citizens who actually left the territory (if it was recorded).

Links between the EIL statistics and Asylum statistics and details related to the asylum applicant(s) case(s) included in EIL statistics. 

There is no link between Asylum statistics and the EIL statistics. Nevertheless it is possible and probable that people who are counted in the Asylum statistics are also counted in the EIL statistics in the same time.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

1. Links and differences between the Non-EU citizens with obligation to leave and Non-EU citizens who actually left the territory

Non-EU citizens which received an obligation to leave in the reference year and actually left the territory in the same year are counted in both statistics. 

2. Links and differences between the Non-EU citizens who actually left the territory and Non-EU citizens who left the territory to a third country

Persons counted under "left to a third country" are also counted under "who actually left the territory".

Not applicable.

Migration Yearbook of the Migration Department under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (annual, http://migracija.lrv.lt/lt/statistika/migracijos-metrasciai, only in Lithuanian);

In the database of the Migration Department under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (every six month, http://migracija.lrv.lt/lt/statistika/pagrindiniai-migracijos-rodikliai-lietuvos-respublikoje, only in Lithuanian).

Presentation of the National online national database for EIL data accessible to the public and the accessibility procedure

Database of Indicators of Statistics of Lithuania https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/web/guest/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize#/ (Population and social statistics -> Migration -> Arrival and stay in the country and return);

Eurostat database (Data Navigation Tree -> Database by Themes -> Population and social conditions -> Asylum and managed migration -> Enforcement of immigration legislation).

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not available.

Presentation of the available quality management - documentation

Quality of statistical data and statistical information are assured following Points 17-22 of A description of the procedure for monitoring statistical production process and quality of statistical  information (only in Lithuanian) approved by Order No. 3K-112 of the Director of the Migration Department of 15 December 2015 (excluding statistics on Third-country nationals refused at border).

Not available.

Not available.

Not applicable concept.

Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data of the Republic of Lithuania.

Not applicable.

The following classification is used for data availability at Eurostat level:

The term "not applicable" relates to the categories of permits which do not exist in national legislation/administrative procedures and therefore such statistics cannot be issued.

The term "not available" relates to categories of data that exist in the national legal/administrative system but cannot be delivered under EIL data collection for various reasons (e.g. data cannot exist, data exist but are not collected, data are unreliable, etc.).