A record number of refugees and migrants has crossed into Lithuania, but few are expected to be granted asylum.
![In a disused school in Vydeniai, migrants and refugees wait to hear what future awaits them [Giedrė Peseckytė/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/210818Vydeniai030.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Giedrė is a freelance multimedia journalist covering social justice and environmental topics.
A record number of refugees and migrants has crossed into Lithuania, but few are expected to be granted asylum.
![In a disused school in Vydeniai, migrants and refugees wait to hear what future awaits them [Giedrė Peseckytė/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/210818Vydeniai030.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Residents of what was once the largest Roma settlement in the Baltics were ordered to demolish their homes and leave.
![Rada and her family moved to a house in the village of Juodšiliai after being evicted from the Roma settlement [Giedrė Peseckytė/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/200812Rada017.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)