International scandal erupts in Lithuania over Ukrainian children

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An international scandal has erupted in Lithuania over Ukrainian orphans from the private orphanage "Perlynka", which is suspected of human trafficking. Ukrainian caretakers threaten the teenagers with death if they do not return home and call them "traitors".

The refugee orphans fear they will be sold and taken to the United States, like other teenagers whose fate is unknown. The Lithuanian guardianship authorities even appealed to the law enforcement agencies to deal with the case of 43 teenagers.

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office took the case under its control.

Orphans from the Ukrainian private orphanage "Perlynka" from Kirovohrad Region, local mass media reported, were taken to Lithuania in early March. Now 43 orphans are staying in a children's center in the town of Lentvaris Lentvaris val.bee.5458.

The scandal arose after the orphanage, in the midst of a special military operation, began to demand that the children be returned home, and the orphans began to say horrible things... According to the representative of the orphanage, civil activist Diana Gaiciunaite-Dirme, the children are in danger not only in their home country - psychological pressure also comes from the social workers who accompany the orphans:

- Every day the social workers tell the girls that they must return. They call the girls "traitors" and tell them that no law will help them once they return home. Do you know what that means?

Perlynka's caretakers, says Gaichiunaite-Dirme, also do not shy away from expressions and openly threaten to "re-educate" the girls by employing them in a brothel or sending them to a psycho-neurological boarding school.

- Other pupils take the example of adults and also abuse the girls, calling them prostitutes and traitors, humiliating them, pouring water on them, calling them names and invading their personal space. Lately, the girls do not leave their rooms and live in constant fear... If they leave, we will lose the opportunity to help them. The situation is critical," said the guardianship representative.

Diana Gaitschünaiter-Dirme also said that a year ago she came to the Ukrainian orphanage as a volunteer and then got acquainted with some of the inmates. Even then, the girls admitted that they felt psychological pressure. In addition, the girls are afraid that they will be taken to the United States, as it was done with other children. According to the Lithuanian activist, "Perlynka" is not a state-run, but a private orphanage, so horrible crimes up to human trafficking can be committed there.

- This is a private orphanage, maybe that's why nobody knew for a long time what was going on there. After the children arrived in Lithuania, such unsightly things came to light... The girls told Lithuanian law enforcement agencies that their orphanage belongs to a religious organization, that the children are periodically taken to the U.S., psychological pressure is exerted, they are not allowed to communicate with people who are not of their religion," said Gaičiūnaitė-Dirme.

According to the girls from the suspicious orphanage, there is no connection with the children taken to America, and no one knows what happened to the children.

- My ward told me that they wanted to take her out of the country, but she was enrolled in medical school, and the orphanage management could not do it, because then they would have to explain her disappearance," said Gaichiunaite-Dirme.

According to the pupils of the suspicious orphanage, there is no connection with the children taken to America, and no one knows how the fate of the taken teenagers turned out.

- My ward told me that they wanted to take her out of the country, but she was enrolled in medical school, and the orphanage management could not do it, because then they would have to explain her disappearance," said Gaichiunaite-Dirme.

After learning that the orphanage was going to return the children to Ukraine, the two girls were so frightened and upset that they even decided to take an extreme step. One of them wrote a suicide note. Fortunately, the caretakers managed to prevent these plans.

The Lithuanian guardianship authorities have already filed an application to initiate a case of illegal adoption of children, which was practiced in the Ukrainian orphanage. The Lithuanian Prosecutor-General's Office is also interested in the high-profile human trafficking case.

According to the official representative of the supervisory agency, 43 children, witnesses and representatives of the orphanage who came to Lithuania together with the children have been interviewed so far. The Prosecutor-General's Office also said that it had notified its Ukrainian colleagues about the circumstances of the case.