The Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labor has launched an investigation following the disbursement of one million euros in aid, which was allocated by the European Union for Ukrainian refugees, to different displaced persons. According to Lithuanian National Radio, the aid was mistakenly distributed to refugees from 43 different countries, including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,…
Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia are increasingl anxious after Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened to cut financial support for over 130,000 of them. This statement came in response to Ukraine’s decision to shut down pipelines transporting Russian gas to Central Europe, which is set to begin in January 2025. Slovakia risks losing millions of euros in…
Trump’s victory in the U.S. election has sparked concerns over a potential influx of millions of Ukrainian refugees into the UK and Europe. These fears stem from warnings about a proposed peace plan Trump may present to Putin, which reportedly includes halting the war in exchange for Ukraine agreeing not to join NATO, establishing an…
The Lower Saxony state authority deported a Russian refugee family despite church asylum. According to the Ministry of the Interior and the State Reception Service of Saxony, the family, which consisted of a couple, an adult boy and a girl, was deported. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees had examined the personal circumstances…
The Finnish authorities arrested 18 migrants, including women and children, on Finland’s closed land border with Russia, one week after the disappearance of 160 migrants who had applied for asylum in Finland. The Finnish border guard said the group was suspected of illegally crossing a forested area north of the Imatra border crossing and consisted…
Berlin’s local government announced that the capital’s schools are unable to accommodate 967 refugee children and youth in Berlin. This is considered a continuation of the crisis of shortage of available places in schools, which worsened with the massive exodus of Ukrainian refugees nearly two years ago. The Education Department of Berlin’s local government reported…
The number of people who applied for asylum in Germany last year, 2023, rose to 351,915, an increase of 51.1% compared to the previous year, despite the strict measures taken by the Berlin government recently to stop the flow of refugees. The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said on Monday, January 9, that…
German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said that Ukraine’s problems in mobilizing soldiers to repel the Russian invasion will not have any practical consequences for Ukrainians living in Germany. The minister said in press statements, “We will not force people to perform compulsory military service, or military service against their will.” The minister added on December…
