A/HRC/34/9 Kirtimai settlement. In 2015, some 89 per cent of the Roma population had benefited from compulsory health insurance. Persistently negative attitudes to the Roma were being tackled by the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson and by NGOs. 50. The number of migrants and refugees arriving in Lithuania had increased. In 2015, the Government had launched a programme to help persons of Lithuanian descent and their family members to relocate from regions of Ukraine to Lithuania after the security and humanitarian situation in and around Ukraine had become complicated. The Law on the Legal Status of Aliens had been amended in late 2015 to align it with the Common European Asylum System. A commission for the coordination of the relocation of aliens had also been established. 51. With a view to promoting their integration, Lithuania provided foreigners who had been granted asylum with temporary accommodation at the Refugee Reception Centre, where they received monthly allowances for food and minor expenses, and access to education, employment, social welfare and health care. NGOs provided support for the integration of foreigners in different municipal communities. Public awareness campaigns were organized to promote tolerance and mutual understanding in society. Lithuania had been allocated €8.1 million from the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund for its national programme for the period 2014-2020. 52. Guatemala was concerned at reports of stereotyping of and racial discrimination against members of national ethnic minorities in Lithuania, and the fact that there were no long-term strategies in place to combat such victimization. 53. Haiti noted the adoption of the Action Plan for Roma Integration 2015-2020, the bill on employment and the fact that persons with disabilities were better integrated into society, in particular in decision-making processes. 54. Hungary welcomed the acceptance by Lithuania of many recommendations from the first review and its ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, which had resulted in reduced residency requirements for some stateless persons. It welcomed the new action plan for the integration of the Roma community and noted the high incidence of human trafficking. 55. Indonesia commended Lithuania for its efforts to mainstream human rights in all government programmes, enhancing efforts to achieve gender equality, engaging civil society and improving the system for the protection of the rights of the child. 56. The Islamic Republic of Iran was concerned about systematic violations of the rights of minorities, hate speech by politicians, discrimination against Roma children, the high rate of violence against women, child abuse and human trafficking. 57. Iraq praised Lithuania for the adoption of laws to implement international conventions and for the inclusion of human rights in its national programmes for 20122016. It welcomed the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the improvement of reception services for foreigners. 58. Ireland reiterated its call to Lithuania to establish an independent national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles. It welcomed the adoption of the National Programme for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. It shared the concerns of the Human Rights Committee regarding increasing negative attitudes and actions directed at members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community. 59. Israel noted the measures taken by Lithuania to address hate crimes of various types, inter alia, by focusing on training law enforcement officials in the proper handling of such 9