Refugees

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Ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of a peace deal with Russia but it would have to be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in remarks aired on Sunday. Mr Zelenskiy was speaking to Russian journalists in a…

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Russian rockets struck two separate targets in Lviv in Ukraine’s far west on Saturday afternoon, in back-to-back attacks during President Biden’s visit to nearby Poland. Lviv, which is less than 50 miles from Ukraine’s border with Poland has been largely spared from major attacks throughout Russia’s month-long offensive and has…

“That’s not for Biden to decide,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to state media. “The president of Russia is elected by Russians.” Biden’s words capped a fiery speech in which he called Putin a “dictator,” warning him not to encroach on NATO territory and urging Ukrainians to steel themselves…

President Biden on Friday hailed the efforts of humanitarian workers in Poland who are assisting refugees and aiding those who remain in war-torn Ukraine. He said the plight of children caught up in the devastation of war was especially heartbreaking. “It’s just devastating to see those little babies, little children,…

The United States has made a statement announcing that the country would receive as many as 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, following the invasion of Russia on Ukraine. This announcement, which was made through the website of the White House, stated that the United States intends to focus on admitting Ukrainians who…

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsMr Biden is expected to make the announcement in Brussels Biden says there is ‘clear sign’ Putin is considering use of chemical weapons President Joe Biden is expected to announce plans for the US to accept 100,000 Ukrainian and other refugees who’ve fled their homes to escape Russia’s unprovoked…

For refugees and migrants in Slovenia, the COVID-19 pandemic has added to the constraints and distress they have experienced as a result of fleeing hardship in their countries of origin. “For the 3000 refugees and migrants hosted in reception centres across Slovenia, it has been a struggle to comply with…

The humane response to Ukrainian refugees shows that a radical new path for caring for the vulnerable is possible. March 24, 2022 In the early days of the Russian invasion, the European Union took an extraordinary action: It granted the hundreds of thousands—soon to be millions—of Ukrainian refugees the automatic…