In Lithuania – 138.3 thousand. third party employees

The number of workers who came to Lithuania from foreign countries increased by 23.3 thousand, or 18.3 percent, during the year, the Employment Service announced on Monday. Their number at the beginning of July reached 150.5 thousand, of which 138.3 thousand. – Citizens of 132 third countries, 12.2 thousand. – having citizenship of European Union countries. The number of Indian citizens working in the country increased even two and a half times – 2.5 thousand of them arrived during the year, the number of Uzbeks doubled – 3.4 thousand, and Tajiks and Azerbaijanis – 1.9 thousand, respectively. and 1.5 thousand According to the Employment Service, for the first time, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh were among the twenty third countries whose citizens mostly work in Lithuania: on July 1, more than 200 Zimbabwean citizens were working, while a year ago their number was less than ten.