Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said Warsaw is making plans for multiple contingencies, including a mass influx of war refugees, amid fears that Russia will invade neighboring Ukraine. “It is obvious that due to the situation in Ukraine, we are preparing for various scenarios,” Kaminski said on Sunday in a …
Read More »US preparing for mass exodus of refugees
Washington is bracing itself for an exodus of refugees fleeing Ukraine in the event of a Russian incursion, the White House has announced as tensions remain high in Eastern Europe. Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, President Joe Biden’s spokeswoman Jen Psaki touched on preparations that American officials are making …
Read More »Russia reacts to EU boasts about blocking entry of refugees
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the remark made by Brussels’ high representative, Josep Borrell. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote: “How deplorable then are the affairs of European diplomacy. My condolences.” At a press conference, the former Spanish Foreign Minister praised the EU for its “major success” in stopping …
Read More »Ukraine warns EU about 5 million refugees
There was “real uncertainty” about whether Europe understood the impact a large-scale Russian incursion into Ukraine would have on the whole continent, Oleksii Reznikov, who took charge of the Defense Ministry in November, wrote in a piece last week for NATO lobby think-tank the Atlantic Council. Reznikov dedicated his piece …
Read More »Germany has agreed on plan to open humanitarian corridor for refugees on Belarus border – Minsk
In a statement issued on Thursday, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko’s spokeswoman, Natalia Eismont, said that the agreement had been reached after a call between the two heads of state. According to her, under the deal proposed by Minsk, “the EU will create a humanitarian corridor for 2,000 refugees,” and Merkel …
Read More »Poland to issue new coin marking ‘defense’ of eastern border from refugees
A message unveiling the move published on the bank’s website on Monday explained that its chairman Professor Adam Glapinski had “decided to issue a collectible coin and banknote dedicated to the protection of the Polish eastern border in an accelerated and emergency basis.” According to the notice, Warsaw’s bank has …
Read More »EU leader claims refugees on Belarus border coming from Russia
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, President Gitanas Nauseda argued that “recent events make us think that Russia is somehow connected with this crisis; there is a lot to say about this. First of all… migrants come through Moscow.” However, he has not yet presented any evidence to support …
Read More »Britain has no right to lecture others on refugees, Russia insists
The Daily Telegraph on Sunday published an 800-word public letter from chief diplomat Liz Truss, in which she praised her nation for standing with refugee-rejecting members of the EU and demanded that Russia put pressure on Belarus, over the current impasse at the Polish border. A few thousand Middle Eastern …
Read More »Large convoy of refugees marches through Belarus to Polish border (VIDEO)
The movement was initially reported by the Belarusian Border Guards and was later confirmed by videos posted online showing men, women and children moving along a highway. Upon arriving at the Belarusian side of the frontier, at the Bruzgi-Kuznica crossing, they were let through and allowed to pass to the …
Read More »FIFA urges governments to rehome Afghan refugees after evacuating ‘mostly women and children’ in second rescue mission to Qatar
A chartered flight co-ordinated by football’s governing body has transported a group, include female footballers and basketball players, to Doha. A total of 57 people with links to sport, such as referees and coaches, fled their country, which came under Taliban control following the withdrawal of allied forces including the US …
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