VSAT Unlawfully Denied Sienos Grupė Volunteers Access to Foreigners at Pabradė Registration Center
2025 01 06
On 6 January 2025, the Regional Administrative Court issued a decision in administrative case No. eI2-644-931/2024, finding that VSAT officers’ actions restricting Sienos Grupė volunteers’ access to detained foreigners at the registration center (URC) were illegal. In May 2023, Pabradė URC officers rejected the volunteers’ request to meet foreigners, despite previous successful visits. The court found that VSAT essentially refused permission without providing any justification, thus violating Article 10(5) of Lithuania’s Law on Public Administration.