World News | EU Grants Temporary Protection to Refugees
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. With close to a million of refugees fleeing Ukraine already in the eastern nations of the European Union, the EU member states decided on Thursday to grant them temporary protection and residency permits.
Brussels, Mar 3 (AP) With close to a million of refugees fleeing Ukraine already in the eastern nations of the European Union, the EU member states decided on Thursday to grant them temporary protection and residency permits.
EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Thursday that millions more were expected to move into the 27-nation bloc to seek shelter, employment and education for the young.
Johansson called the quick adoption of the protection rules a “historic result” and said “the EU stands united to save lives.”
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The EU Commission has already promised at least 500 million euros (USD 560 million) in humanitarian aid for the refugees. Johansson pointed to nations like Poland, where the population has gone out of its way to be welcoming to the refugees, as an example for others to follow.
“They need financial support now because they're going to have to find accommodation for people to have to find schools for the children,” she said.(AP)
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