In Lithuania in the labor market, the Belarusians were reduced, but more Ukrainians became more

From the beginning of the year, 32,000 foreigners from third countries (11% less than last year) and 6,800 citizens from EU countries (one third more) came to work. At the same time, as stated in the Lithuanian Employment Service report, the number of foreign workers in the country increased by 8.7% to more than 150 thousand third countries, and by 27% (up to 15.5 thousand) of the European Union.

The number of Belarusians decreased by 2.7% to 47 200 people, but the number of Ukrainians increased by 8.4% to 49 100.

The largest communities of third countries in the Lithuanian labor market are still Ukrainians (49 thousand), Belarusians (47 thousand), Uzbeks (9.9 thousand), Tajiki (6.6 thousand) and Indians (5.9 thousand).

Among those who have citizenship of the European Union, the Latvian community increased the most by 35.8% to 4.1 thousand, Romanians – by 27.4% to 4.7 thousand, and Poles – by 14.3% to 2.2 thousand.