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EU shares responsibility for receiving people evacuated from Ukraine

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Ukrainians evacuate to avoid conflict in Medyka, Poland, February 26, 2022. Photo: THX/VNA

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Brussels, speaking to the press on March 23, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson said that the EU will not allocate a certain number of refugees to each country to avoid a repeat. failure of the 2015-2016 migration crisis when the 27 member states bitterly argued over the allocation of quotas for refugees from Syria. Ms. Johansson emphasized that the fair sharing of the migrant burden was addressed by the ministers of the 27 EU countries at emergency talks on March 21.

Over the past month, about 3.5 million people have traveled from Ukraine to EU countries to seek refuge, most of which are children and women. The EU quickly opened its borders to these people, granting them residency and freedom of movement, access to schools, healthcare, housing and the labor market. The refugees mainly went to Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary.

Faced with the above situation, the European Commission (EC) has begun drafting an index to consider the relative impact of the conflict in Ukraine for each EU member state, including population size. . According to this index, currently Poland is facing the biggest challenge, followed by Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Estonia.

According to Dubravka Suica, European Commissioner for Democracy and Demographics, in less than a month, Poland has received about one million Ukrainian children, almost three times the number of normal births every year in the country. this family. She highlighted a demographic change taking place in Europe.

In another development, on March 24, Japan’s NHK broadcaster reported that the Japanese government was considering an additional 100 million USD in humanitarian aid for Ukraine and neighboring countries, in addition to the 100 million USD in aid. million USD previously announced by Japan.

The Japanese government is also considering doubling emergency loans to $200 million and deploying Self-Defense Forces medical staff to assist evacuees from Ukraine in Poland and other countries. other neighboring countries.

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