据立陶宛国家广播电视台（LRT）报道，立陶宛商界代表周三警告称，限制雇佣外国劳工可能会拖累该国的经济增长。
Lithuanian business representatives warned Wednesday that restrictions on hiring foreign workers could weigh on the country's economic growth, according to broadcaster LRT.
立陶宛工业家联合会经济学家齐维莱·西莫奈蒂特-瓦西利亚乌斯基内（Zivile Simonaityte-Vasiliauskiene）表示：“我们大多数人可能都会以这样或那样的方式接触到移民，因此我们是通过个人经验和看法的视角来看待这个问题的。”她在有多个商业团体和代表出席的新闻发布会上发表了上述言论。
"Most of us probably encounter migrants in one way or another, so we look at this issue through the lens of personal experience and perception," said Zivile Simonaityte-Vasiliauskiene, an economist at the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists. She made the remarks at a news conference attended by various business groups and representatives.
目前大约有22.7万名外国公民居住在立陶宛，其中约有10.8万人持有允许他们在该国居住和工作的临时居留许可。
Around 227,000 foreign nationals reside in Lithuania, about 108,000 of whom hold temporary residence permits allowing them to live and work in the country.
西莫奈蒂特-瓦西利亚乌斯基内说：“当我们讨论移民问题时，往往把焦点集中在配额上，认为所有的移民都跟接近2.5万人的移民配额有关。”立陶宛目前对来自非欧盟国家的劳工实行配额制。
"When we discuss migration, we very often focus on the quota, thinking that all migration is about the migrant quota, which is almost 25,000," Simonaityte-Vasiliauskiene said. Lithuania currently has a quota system for workers arriving from non-EU countries.
西莫奈蒂特-瓦西利亚乌斯基内表示：“如果仅计算以各种事由在立陶宛获得居留许可的外国公民，配额大约占10%。”
"If we count only foreign nationals who have residence permits in Lithuania on various grounds, the quota accounts for about 10%," Simonaityte-Vasiliauskiene said.
她补充说：“这当然只占整体移民很小的一部分，只是实现合法移民立陶宛的一种方式，但绝不是主要方式。”
"It is certainly a small part of overall migration, just one way of having legal migration to Lithuania, but certainly not the main one," she added.
西莫奈蒂特-瓦西利亚乌斯基内援引立陶宛银行的测算数据称，在2019年至2024年期间，在立陶宛工作的外国公民创造了45%的国内生产总值（GDP）增量。她警告说，维持该配额将意味着国家经济增长和税收收入的损失。
Simonaityte-Vasiliauskiene said foreign nationals working in Lithuania generated 45% of GDP growth between 2019 and 2024, citing Bank of Lithuania calculations. Maintaining the quota would mean lost GDP growth and tax revenue for the state, she warned.
西莫奈蒂特-瓦西利亚乌斯基内说：“因此，仅今年一年，我们估计如果配额在年底前用尽，可能会导致立陶宛大约1亿欧元（合1.12亿美元）的GDP未能创造出来。”
"So, this year alone, we estimate that the quota running out before the end of the year could potentially mean about €100 million ($112 million) in GDP not being generated in Lithuania," Simonaityte-Vasiliauskiene said.
她警告称，在最坏的情况下，这一数字甚至可能高达1.5亿欧元（合1.68亿美元）。
She warned that the figure could reach as much as €150 million ($168 million) under the worst-case scenario.
西莫奈蒂特-瓦西利亚乌斯凯内还估计，配额限制可能导致立陶宛今年损失2000万至2500万欧元（约合2200万至2800万美元）的税收收入。
Simonaityte-Vasiliauskiene also estimated that quota restrictions could result in between €20 million ($22 million) and €25 million ($28 million) in lost tax revenue this year.
她指出，如果现行限制措施持续实施，2027年的影响可能更为严重，届时立陶宛的国内生产总值或将减少约5亿欧元（约合5.59亿美元），税收收入也将减少约9000万欧元（约合1.01亿美元）。
She said the impact could be greater in 2027 if the current restrictions remain in place, potentially costing Lithuania around €500 million ($559 million) in GDP and €90 million ($101 million) in tax revenue.