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According to President of Lithuanian community in the United Kingdom Zita Cepaite, parents' decision whether to return or not often depends on the child's interests. When a child gets familiar with school, a wish to fall into uncertainty disappears, writes LETA/ELTA.

"At first expatriate children love Lithuania because it is a place where their grandparents and grandmothers live. But later on this country starts to look distant because a child finely attunes here. They find it hard to keep the affection to homeland of their parents but a place they were not growing up," said Cepaite to the daily Respublika.

Former President of the Lithuanian community in Norwich (England) Audrone Strasauskiene is convinced that many immigrants still hope to return to Lithuania but it is easier to raise their children in England.

"The reason is very simple. People feel safe knowing that they will be able to provide for their children because parents receive a wide range of benefits, both cash benefits and housing benefits. Sometimes families come here just to have children," says Strasauskiene.