In 2009, the Lithuanian Consumer Institute carried out three surveys on the integration of refugees into our society

In 2009, the Lithuanian Consumer Institute carried out three surveys on the integration of refugees intoour society:  

1. Image of refugees in mass media;
2. Representative survey of the public opinion involving 1002 respondents throughout Lithuania;
3. Sociological survey of the opinion of the aliens granted asylum involving 42 respondents .

In 2009, the Lithuanian Consumer Institute, in cooperation with its partner Lithuanian Journalist Union, is carrying out the project Let’s Get to Know One Another in accordance with the Multi-annual Programme 2008-2013 and the Annual Programme 2008 of the European Refugee Fund in Lithuania.

The Project principally aims at promoting the environment, which is favourable for the integration of the aliens, who have been granted asylum in Lithuania, and builds on the public’s tolerance as well as on the constructive dialogue between the wider public and its individual groups, refugee associations, and state institutions; and at improving the conditions for the above-mentioned aliens for socially and culturally adjusting to the Lithuanian society.