ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish migrants held in Lithuanian camps are now having to battle flooded tents after heavy rain on Friday. 

Thousands of people are stuck on the Lithuania-Belarus border, accepted by neither country.

Speaking to Rudaw on Thursday, some of the Kurdish migrants said they would rather be deported – but they have received no information or help from authorities. 

Jovita Sandaite, Head of Unit at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Lithuania, told Rudaw’s Alla Shaly on Friday that out of the 4,000 migrants in Lithuania 2,700 are from Iraq - mostly Kurds.

Bilal Akram, a Kurdish migrant, told Rudaw on Thursday that he and his fellow Kurds have been held in a camp for a month.

"We have been staying here for a month now. The situation is extremely miserable. Police and commandos treat us migrants very badly. People have been electrocuted, people have been tortured with boots. People drink toilet water. The situation is terrible," he said. 


Photos: Alla Shaly/Rudaw