No Cap on Number of Ukrainian Refugees, Confirms UK Government
The British government has confirmed that there will be no limit on the number of Ukrainian refugees who can live with host families.
The British government has confirmed that there will be no limit on the number of Ukrainian refugees who can live with host families.
African migrants, along with a host of other nationalities, are exploiting the Ukraine war to enter France, a Member of the European Parliament has claimed.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis met on Friday amid growing concerns about the influx of displaced people fleeing Ukraine for Romania and elsewhere in eastern Europe because of Russia’s invasion.
Germany is considering recruiting teachers from its refugee population in the hopes of reinforcing its school system, which is reportedly being overwhelmed as a result of an influx of children fleeing Ukraine.
Over two million refugees have now fled Ukraine as Vladimir Putin’s Russia continues its invasion of the country.
The number of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, mostly women and children, is on course to top the number of migrants taken by Germany during the 2015 migrant crisis.
Russia claims it will allow civilians to escape areas of fighting, but the so-called humanitarian corridors mainly lead to Russian territory.
The Romanian town of Siret, which boats a population of just 8,000, has seen over 63,000 Ukrainian refugees arrive since the Russian invasion commenced.
Britain is to revise its visa rules for Ukrainian citizens, allowing up to 200,000 to settle in the country so long as they already have family within the UK.
French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour has said that he would rather refugees fleeing Ukraine remain in Poland, with France already suffering from the ‘destabilising force’ of immigration.
Despite having previously repelled often violent migrants on the Belarusian frontier, Poland has welcomed genuine refugees from Ukraine with open arms.
Concern over a broader conflict has led Finns to buy large quantities of anti-radiation iodine tablets and to prepare a thousand beds for fleeing Ukrainians as Russia threatens consequences if the country joins NATO.