The aim of this study is to review the AVR programmes carried out in Lithuania in 2004-2009, to assess the need for such programmes, as well as to provide an overview of the migrants' motives and emerging obstacles to the use of the AVR programmes. This study is part of the European research carried out by the European Migration Network (EMN), which aims to summarize the experience of all the EU Member States in the AVR programmes, and thus contribute to a common European policy in this field and to address emerging obstacles.