Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Division of Administration
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
L. Sapiegos g. 1, 10312 Vilnius
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Not requested.
2.1. Metadata last certified
10 January 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
10 January 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
8 April 2025
3.1. Data description
Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 with reference to third-country nationals:
refused entry at the external border,
found to be illegally present,
ordered to leave,
returned following an order to leave.
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Enforcement of Immigration Legislation statistics
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.7. Reference area
Lithuania
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar quarter and calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
This metadata information is provided by the authorities of Estonia to ensure compliance with the requirement of Article 5 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of 11 July 2007 as amended by the Regulation 2020/851 which depicts in details the data provisions Member States are bound to supply Eurostat with.
As required on Article 9 of regulation 862/2007 Member State (inc. Lithuania) must report to Eurostat on the data sources used, the reasons for the selection of the sources and the effect of the selected data of the quality of the statistics. Member States (inc Lithuania) shall provide Eurostat with all the information necessary to evaluate the quality, comparability and completeness of the statistical information.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
On the national level, statistic on concerning border crossings (including illegal border crossings) and returns is shared internally with relevant ministeries, organizations etc. On European level, the data is shared with Frontex.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Not applicable.
8.1. Release calendar
The dissemination of the annual statistics is mainly in March of each year for the previous reference year, depending on the data availability. Quaterly statistics is disseminated four times a year. through Eurostat online databases.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not available
Annual and quarterly data.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Not available
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Not available
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Not available
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not available
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Not available
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Not available
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not available
11.1. Quality assurance
Compilation of data is following the guidelines and instructions provided by Eurostat. Consistency validation checks are performed.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Good quality.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
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.
Users of Eurostat EIL statistics area
various policy DG-s in European Commission, like DG Migration and Home Affairs for designing, funding and implementing return policies in EU, European Parliament, national authorities (Ministries of Interior, Ministries of Justice, immigration agencies), who use EIL statistics to monitor trend of illegal immigration and return, European Migration Network (EMN), which uses the data as basis for its annual EU and national level statistical and analytical reports, researcher and students conducting analysis and research in the field of migration journalists and international organizations in the area of migration
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available information.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
The overall assessment of the accuracy of the data collection is considered to be high.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable
13.3.1. Coverage error
See table 13.3.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Data is provided to Eurostat within the requested deadlines.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The statistics are comparable between all regions of Lithuania, there is only one national system of accumulating and processing the data.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
See table 15.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
The sub annual (monthly or quarterly) and annual statistics are coherent.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
No problems.
Not applicable
17.1. Data revision - policy
Not applicable
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Annual and quarterly.
18.3. Data collection
Migration Department collects data manually on monthly basis.
18.4. Data validation
The source data are checked and validated before compiling the aggregates output statistics sent to Eurostat.
18.5. Data compilation
Data is based on Regulation (EC) No 862/2007. The collected data is concerted into statistical output. Estimation is not used.
Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 with reference to third-country nationals:
refused entry at the external border,
found to be illegally present,
ordered to leave,
returned following an order to leave.
8 April 2025
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
Number of persons.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
Lithuania
Calendar quarter and calendar year.
The overall assessment of the accuracy of the data collection is considered to be high.
Number of persons.
Data is based on Regulation (EC) No 862/2007. The collected data is concerted into statistical output. Estimation is not used.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
Annual and quarterly data.
Data is provided to Eurostat within the requested deadlines.
The statistics are comparable between all regions of Lithuania, there is only one national system of accumulating and processing the data.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
