Ukrainian MP urges West to protect citizens who remain as well as refugees
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian MP urges West to protect citizens who remain as well as refugees

The Independent  

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UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict

The Independent  

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The UN refugee chief says that he’s worried that the war in Ukraine is being forgotten
11 months ago

The UN refugee chief says that he’s worried that the war in Ukraine is being forgotten

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday that he’s worried that the war in Ukraine has been forgotten as the country prepares to mark two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. “We made that choice because we are aware that there are so many crises in the world that that’s a factor and therefore …

Minister says Palestinian refugee scheme ‘not right response at this stage’
1 year, 2 months ago

Minister says Palestinian refugee scheme ‘not right response at this stage’

The Independent  

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EU warns of ‘solidarity fatigue’ despite warm welcome for millions of Ukraine refugees
1 year, 6 months ago

EU warns of ‘solidarity fatigue’ despite warm welcome for millions of Ukraine refugees

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Despite the warm welcome given millions of Ukraine refugees in the European Union since the Russian invasion, EU officials said Tuesday there are some fears of wavering support caused by a slowing economy that especially affects poor families and the creeping influence of Russian propaganda. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson stressed that support for the 4 million …

EU warns of 'solidarity fatigue' despite warm welcome for millions of Ukraine refugees
1 year, 6 months ago

EU warns of 'solidarity fatigue' despite warm welcome for millions of Ukraine refugees

The Independent  

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On anniversary of war’s start, EU pledges more support for Ukrainian refugees
1 year, 10 months ago

On anniversary of war’s start, EU pledges more support for Ukrainian refugees

LA Times  

European Union officials Friday pledged continued support for millions of Ukrainian refugees, as they marked the anniversary of the Russian invasion. “Ukraine can win this war, but we will be with Ukraine as long as it takes,” EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told the Associated Press on the sidelines of a conference on migration near Athens. Bartosz Grodecki, the …

Ukrainian fears becoming ‘refugee in her own country’ if she returns
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukrainian fears becoming ‘refugee in her own country’ if she returns

The Independent  

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“You will always be 0% prepared”: Ukraine’s refugees on life far from home
1 year, 10 months ago

“You will always be 0% prepared”: Ukraine’s refugees on life far from home

The Economist  

International | Living in limbo “You will always be 0% prepared”: Ukraine’s refugees on life far from home Interviews with some of those forced to leave following Russia’s invasion Image: ​​Katrin Streicher Editor’s note: The people featured here were interviewed for an article published in the International section on Ukraine’s refugees. I see a beautiful future for us here in …

Urgent plea for more Homes for Ukraine sponsors as war rages on and winter approaches
2 years, 2 months ago

Urgent plea for more Homes for Ukraine sponsors as war rages on and winter approaches

The Independent  

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‘These are tough times but we won’t ask our Ukrainian guests to leave – they’re family now’
2 years, 4 months ago

‘These are tough times but we won’t ask our Ukrainian guests to leave – they’re family now’

The Telegraph  

At this six-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – with all its heart-breaking consequences – our own scheme of national generosity and solidarity is a small beacon of hope. Earlier this month, a survey by the Office for National Statistics revealed that 9 per cent of “sponsors” said the soaring inflation and energy prices was impacting “very much” on …

The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisis
2 years, 4 months ago

The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisis

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Europe’s embrace of millions of Ukrainians who fled Russia’s invasion showed that it’s possible to welcome large numbers of asylum-seekers, and the approach should be replicated to receive those fleeing other nations, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said. In an interview with The Associated Press, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi described the European Union’s …

Hosts of Ukrainians in UK to receive government praise for generosity
2 years, 4 months ago

Hosts of Ukrainians in UK to receive government praise for generosity

The Independent  

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'We're Very Encouraged': UN Says Support for Refugees Has Risen Amid Ukraine War Exodus
2 years, 6 months ago

'We're Very Encouraged': UN Says Support for Refugees Has Risen Amid Ukraine War Exodus

News 18  

An outpouring of public support across Europe for millions of people fleeing war in Ukraine may point to a shift in attitudes towards refugees as the number of those displaced by conflict or persecution globally has surpassed 100 million, the UNHCR said. More than 6.5 million people have left since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly four months ago, many finding accommodation …

Hope, horror, as Ukrainian war refugees exceed 6 million
2 years, 7 months ago

Hope, horror, as Ukrainian war refugees exceed 6 million

Associated Press  

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania — Expectant mother Galina Kubiak says she misses her home in Ukraine but has fallen in love with Romania, the neighboring country where she fled with her two small children to escape the war. “I’m so surprised in a good way the kindness of people.” Since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, more than 6 million people have fled …

Volunteers escort hundreds of Ukrainian refugees to safety in the UK
2 years, 7 months ago

Volunteers escort hundreds of Ukrainian refugees to safety in the UK

The Telegraph  

"There are so many people in England who want to help," she said. Ms Asher has raised around £25,000 on her GoFundMe Page towards the cost of helping to bring Ukrainian refugees to Britain since the start of the war. She has visited Ukraine twice since the war broke out and said that witnessing the displacement of families was "unbearable". …

Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis and the (B)ordering of Europe
2 years, 8 months ago

Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis and the (B)ordering of Europe

Hindustan Times  

Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis has seen an unprecedented movement of nearly four million refugees beyond the borders to neighbouring countries. The feel good narrative of Europe’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis conceals entrenched hierarchies of protection that are aimed at keeping out the ‘outsider’. Fortress Europe appears to be experiencing a ‘we are …

What do Syrians think about the welcome for Ukrainian refugees?
2 years, 8 months ago

What do Syrians think about the welcome for Ukrainian refugees?

Al Jazeera  

Although they have the same enemy, Syrians in Germany say they did not enjoy the same open-armed embrace when their country’s war erupted. “It’s great that Ukrainians are being looked after at the political level in this way, but the message that I see is that there is a difference between those who are Europeans with blond hair and blue …

More than 4 million refugees have fled Ukraine since invasion, says UN
2 years, 8 months ago

More than 4 million refugees have fled Ukraine since invasion, says UN

The Independent  

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Ingraham Guest Says ‘No Reason Whatsoever’ For Ukrainian Refugees To Come To U.S.
2 years, 8 months ago

Ingraham Guest Says ‘No Reason Whatsoever’ For Ukrainian Refugees To Come To U.S.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING “Obviously, our hearts break for the people in Ukraine. It is absolutely horrific what has happened to them,” said Ingraham, before asking guest Todd Bensman: “But is bringing them all the way to the United States in their best interest? And what about the U.S. taxpayers?” Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration …

EXPLAINER: How US is expanding aid to Ukrainian refugees
2 years, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: How US is expanding aid to Ukrainian refugees

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States is expanding efforts to help Ukrainian refugees. While in Brussels to meet with European allies, President Joe Biden said the United States would admit up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and provide $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to countries affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “This is an international responsibility.” The White House has said for …

EXPLAINER: How US is expanding aid to Ukrainian refugees
2 years, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: How US is expanding aid to Ukrainian refugees

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States is expanding efforts to help Ukrainian refugees. While in Brussels to meet with European allies, President Joe Biden said the United States would admit up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and provide $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to countries affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “This is an international responsibility.” The White House has said for …

The refugee crisis is much bigger than Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

The refugee crisis is much bigger than Ukraine

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. CNN — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has uprooted people on a speed and scale not seen since World War II, according to the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid group. “Since the start of the war a month ago, out of every boy and girl in the country, …

What Is Life Like For Millions Of Ukrainian Refugees? : Consider This from NPR : NPR
2 years, 9 months ago

What Is Life Like For Millions Of Ukrainian Refugees? : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR  

How Becoming A Refugee Changes You Inside Ukraine, millions of people have been displaced, with millions more living in increasingly dire conditions. Petro Andrushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol's mayor, told NPR civilians in bomb shelters are running out of food. Mary Louise Kelly talks with refugees from Vietnam, Syria, and Afghanistan about their experiences, how fleeing their home country has …

Sign The Independent’s petition to help the people of Ukraine following the Russian invasion
2 years, 9 months ago

Sign The Independent’s petition to help the people of Ukraine following the Russian invasion

The Independent  

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Refugee website crashes as 100,000 Britons rush to take in Ukrainians
2 years, 9 months ago

Refugee website crashes as 100,000 Britons rush to take in Ukrainians

The Independent  

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Ukrainian refugees can stay at my home until it is safe to return, says British minister
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian refugees can stay at my home until it is safe to return, says British minister

India Today  

The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, on Monday tweeted that he wanted to join other UK households in offering his home to provide refuge to Ukrainians who have been fleeing war in their home country. He said that he had spent the past few weeks discussing the devastating situation in Ukraine with his family and wanted to …

‘Shameful’: UK’s response to Ukraine refugee crisis criticised
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Shameful’: UK’s response to Ukraine refugee crisis criticised

Al Jazeera  

The ruling Conservative government comes in for criticism for dragging its feet over Europe’s biggest refugee crisis in decades. “It’s hard to see why the UK thinks it’s special in that respect.” The UN’s refugee agency says 2.6 million Ukrainians have fled the country since it was invaded by Russia in late February. The Financial Times described the UK’s refugee …

The government’s sponsorship scheme for Ukrainian refugees is radical – and not without risk
2 years, 9 months ago

The government’s sponsorship scheme for Ukrainian refugees is radical – and not without risk

The Independent  

After chaos comes innovation, of sorts. Ever since the Russians invaded Ukraine – an eventuality the intelligence services were warning about for weeks in advance – ministers have found themselves scrambling to devise suitable ways of getting Ukrainian refugees safely to Britain and playing catch-up with the remarkable wave of public sympathy for the plight of the Ukrainian people. But …

Ukraine crisis will require at least three years of aid, charities warn
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine crisis will require at least three years of aid, charities warn

The Independent  

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Q&A: Understanding Europe’s response to Ukrainian refugee crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Q&A: Understanding Europe’s response to Ukrainian refugee crisis

Al Jazeera  

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered Europe’s biggest refugee crisis in decades, with more than 2 million Ukrainians fleeing their country within two weeks. Western media has been accused of double standard and hypocrisy in its coverage of the crisis, with many critics pointing out “racial bias” in the way “white refugees” were being portrayed vis-à-vis refugees of colour. …

British man with family in Ukraine says UK refugee response is ‘utterly ridiculous’
2 years, 9 months ago

British man with family in Ukraine says UK refugee response is ‘utterly ridiculous’

The Independent  

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Home Office slammed by Tory MPs over help given to Ukrainian refugees
2 years, 9 months ago

Home Office slammed by Tory MPs over help given to Ukrainian refugees

The Independent  

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UK will be generous to Ukrainian refugees, says Johnson
2 years, 9 months ago

UK will be generous to Ukrainian refugees, says Johnson

The Independent  

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How the Ukraine Crisis Reveals Brutal 'Everyday Racism' in Europe and Beyond
2 years, 9 months ago

How the Ukraine Crisis Reveals Brutal 'Everyday Racism' in Europe and Beyond

The Quint  

Equally disturbing is the unthinkingly racist mainstream media framing of Ukrainian refugees, in comparison to the framing of refugees from Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan or Africa. Below, a selection of such racist commentary from major news outlets: “This isn’t Iraq or Afghanistan This is a relatively civilised, relatively European city” - Charlie D’Agata, CBS “War is no longer something visited …

A human tragedy is unfolding – and the UK government turns its back
2 years, 9 months ago

A human tragedy is unfolding – and the UK government turns its back

The Independent  

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The gross hypocrisy of the West’s refugee response
2 years, 9 months ago

The gross hypocrisy of the West’s refugee response

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Arwa Damon is CNN’s award-winning senior international correspondent usually based in Istanbul and President and co-founder of the charity INARA. A mother cradled her baby under a plastic tarp in the pouring rain, a father held up his listless feverish little girl saying, “look at her, look at her state, in Syria she was a princess.” Today it …

Priti Patel urged to send emergency help for Ukraine refugees stranded in Calais in visas row
2 years, 9 months ago

Priti Patel urged to send emergency help for Ukraine refugees stranded in Calais in visas row

The Independent  

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Russia-Ukraine crisis: As refugee numbers soar, many haunted by terror of war
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis: As refugee numbers soar, many haunted by terror of war

Firstpost  

According to the United Nations refugee agency, around one million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion POLAND: It took Tatyana Pelykh and her 11-year-old son four days of travel and a wait of nearly 48 hours at the border crossing to escape their native Ukraine for Romania. The United Nations refugee agency said Thursday that 1 million people had …

Ukrainian refugees at ‘acute risk of exploitation by human traffickers’, charities warn
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian refugees at ‘acute risk of exploitation by human traffickers’, charities warn

The Independent  

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The Ukrainian refugees unable to join loved ones in Britain
2 years, 9 months ago

The Ukrainian refugees unable to join loved ones in Britain

The Independent  

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‘Rip up bureaucracy’ and provide sanctuary to people fleeing Ukraine, senior Tory and Labour MPs say
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Rip up bureaucracy’ and provide sanctuary to people fleeing Ukraine, senior Tory and Labour MPs say

The Independent  

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'Not afraid, we have to defend our homeland': Ukrainians return from abroad to fight Russian invasion
2 years, 9 months ago

'Not afraid, we have to defend our homeland': Ukrainians return from abroad to fight Russian invasion

India TV News  

Highlights Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland. Poland’s Border Guard said that some 22,000 people have crossed into Ukraine since Thursday. While hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid Russia's attack on the country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their …

Aid Groups, Friendly Countries Scramble To Help Ukrainians Under Assault By Russia
2 years, 9 months ago

Aid Groups, Friendly Countries Scramble To Help Ukrainians Under Assault By Russia

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As Russia escalates its invasion of Ukraine, bombardment, shelling and street-to-street military operations are transforming the lives of millions of Ukrainians, and thousands are fleeing the country. In parallel, we’re also doing robust volunteer mobilization in 3,500 parishes.” Russia began intervening in neighboring Ukraine in 2014 by supporting separatist fighters, who took over parts of the country’s …

Britain’s silence is deafening – we must help the people of Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Britain’s silence is deafening – we must help the people of Ukraine

The Independent  

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European nations throw open borders to Ukrainian refugees
2 years, 9 months ago

European nations throw open borders to Ukrainian refugees

Al Jazeera  

Anti-refugee governments in Poland and Hungary take decidedly different tone after Russian invasion forces tens of thousands to flee. — Filippo Grandi February 26, 2022 Moldovan President Maia Sandu said her country’s borders were open to Ukrainian citizens and it would help those arriving in their “humanitarian needs”. ‘Only so many places’ Hanne Beirens, director of Migration Policy Institute Europe, …

Ukraine war: Two thirds of Brits want government to set up refugee resettlement scheme, poll shows
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine war: Two thirds of Brits want government to set up refugee resettlement scheme, poll shows

The Independent  

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Britain fails to set up refugee route as thousands flee Ukraine
2 years, 10 months ago

Britain fails to set up refugee route as thousands flee Ukraine

The Independent  

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Why most Ukrainians don’t believe Biden’s warnings, distrust West
2 years, 10 months ago

Why most Ukrainians don’t believe Biden’s warnings, distrust West

Al Jazeera  

A recent poll suggests just 20 percent think an invasion will happen soon, in line with some Ukrainian leaders. Kyiv, Ukraine – The White House’s increasingly worrying warnings about an imminent Russian invasion in Ukraine are nothing but a political game designed to help Democrats win Senate seats in the autumn. “There is a critical attitude to predictions from the …

Poland prepares for influx of Ukrainian refugees if Russia invades
2 years, 10 months ago

Poland prepares for influx of Ukrainian refugees if Russia invades

The Independent  

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