The number of people run away from war in Ukraine jumped over half a million, while a scandal was brewing at the border with Poland over alleged racist treatment of African refugees.
Over 500,000 people fled the war in Ukraine to neighboring countriesaccording to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. It was about 80,000 more than the figure reported on on Sunday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
The majority of Ukrainian refugees have so far fled to Poland, with about 300,000 arrived since war broke out out, according to the Polish border guard. On Sunday alone, nearly 100,000 people would have crossed the common border with Poland.
Chris Melzer, UNHCR spokesperson added only hundreds of thousands of others were moved inside Ukraine, but could not give a specific number.
UN emergency aid coordinator Martin Griffiths said the UN wanted to further increase son humanitarian aid in Ukraine, but needs more money and more security guarantees.
“Aid workers are doing their best to respond. The UN has expanded its humanitarian presence in Ukraine. We will continue to do so,” Griffiths told the UN Security Council. in remarks from Geneva on Monday.
“We are working on ensure we can scale up our operations as quickly as possible. And we prepared for this for some time, he added.
“I must say that for the last three days, however, the movements of our dear colleagues in Ukraine has been seriously coerced as a result of ongoing fighting, and our inability to receive assurances from the parties to the conflict that humanitarian movements will be protected. And only tonight I had the chance to get the start of some assurances to that effect.”
A total of 119 humanitarian organizations are currently active in Ukraine.
Continued money East also necessary for humanitarian aid – both in Ukraine and for the refugees outside of this. UN Secretary General António Guterres will address the international community on Tuesday.
As people continue to flee Ukraine, some Africans said they had faced racism and discrimination on the border between Poland and Ukraine.
Some Africans said authorities brutally prevented them from crossing the border for days, despite the cold and their lack of food or other supplies, even as they let white refugees into the country.
Social media users were outraged by some of shared videos, with one clearly showing a Ukrainian border guard vehicle.
Thousands of young African students study in Ukraine, mainly from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia and others countries, drawn by the top standard of education and low costs.
Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama called on son Ukrainian counterpart to clarify the situation. He said he had “expressed son worry face to the news of Ukrainian border guards obstruct exit of Nigerian citizens.”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba “claimed that Ukrainian border guards were ordered to allow all foreigners to leave. He promised to investigate and come back soon,” Onyeama tweeted.
South African students and other Africans have been mistreated on the Ukraine-Poland border, South African Foreign Minister Clayson Monyela says also tweeted on Sunday.
However, the Ghanaian Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, said students in Ghana had not had problems leave the country, in a published statement on Monday.
she said 38 of the 220 Ghanaians who had left Until now, Ukraine had crossed the Polish border without any problems. However, more over 460 people are still on their way out of Ukraine to neighboring countries countries.
On Monday, Polish officials denied the charges and a spokesperson called the social media reports “nonsense” in response to question from Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).
“The officers of the polish border guard help all people flee the war zone in Ukraine. Nationality or citizenship doesn’t matter,” she said.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Russia attack on Ukraine has triggered a humanitarian crisis just days after the start of the war.
“These reports of bombs and missiles falling on civilian objects and even on kindergartens and schools mean that … we have more and more refugees on the Polish-Ukrainian border,” Morawiecki said.
Italy declared a state of urgently until the end of the year make face with the expected influx of refugees from Ukraine, the Council of Ministers in Rome has decided on Monday.
the government can therefore take emergency measures in certain cases without prior consultation in Parliament.
The country also made available 10 millions euros (11.2 millions dollars) to organize the arrival of refugees.
Less people fleeing the conflict have so far reached Germany but 1,800 have so far arrived, according to the Interior Ministry. Most are from Ukraine, security sources said, but some are foreign students others countries.
The authorities are currently is preparing to send aid, a ministry spokesman said, with aid also to provide neighboring countries of Ukraine countries.
In France, refugees from Ukraine can now travel by train for free. “The tragedy that strikes Ukraine affects us all head of the SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou, writes on Twitter on Monday.
Refugee organization Pro Asyl welcomed how willing neighbor countries were to accept refugees and urged non-Ukrainians out of the crisis region should also be allowed to cross the border to neighboring countries countries.
“Ukraine itself has offered many people protection of war and persecution in these last years, for example of Syria, Chechnya and Somalia”, the refugee organization noted.
In addition, Afghans evacuated from Kabul and students from all over the world are also in Ukraine.
“The bombs make no difference as to nationality or skin color and just so little differentiation should to be made at the borders,” said Karl Kopp, who directs the European section of Pro Asyl.
The number of people run away from war in Ukraine jumped over half a million, while a scandal was brewing at the border with Poland over alleged racist treatment of African refugees.
Over 500,000 people fled the war in Ukraine to neighboring countriesaccording to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. It was about 80,000 more than the figure reported on on Sunday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
The majority of Ukrainian refugees have so far fled to Poland, with about 300,000 arrived since war broke out out, according to the Polish border guard. On Sunday alone, nearly 100,000 people would have crossed the common border with Poland.
Chris Melzer, UNHCR spokesperson added only hundreds of thousands of others were moved inside Ukraine, but could not give a specific number.
UN emergency aid coordinator Martin Griffiths said the UN wanted to further increase son humanitarian aid in Ukraine, but needs more money and more security guarantees.
“Aid workers are doing their best to respond. The UN has expanded its humanitarian presence in Ukraine. We will continue to do so,” Griffiths told the UN Security Council. in remarks from Geneva on Monday.
“We are working on ensure we can scale up our operations as quickly as possible. And we prepared for this for some time, he added.
“I must say that for the last three days, however, the movements of our dear colleagues in Ukraine has been seriously coerced as a result of ongoing fighting, and our inability to receive assurances from the parties to the conflict that humanitarian movements will be protected. And only tonight I had the chance to get the start of some assurances to that effect.”
A total of 119 humanitarian organizations are currently active in Ukraine.
Continued money East also necessary for humanitarian aid – both in Ukraine and for the refugees outside of this. UN Secretary General António Guterres will address the international community on Tuesday.
As people continue to flee Ukraine, some Africans said they had faced racism and discrimination on the border between Poland and Ukraine.
Some Africans said authorities brutally prevented them from crossing the border for days, despite the cold and their lack of food or other supplies, even as they let white refugees into the country.
Social media users were outraged by some of shared videos, with one clearly showing a Ukrainian border guard vehicle.
Thousands of young African students study in Ukraine, mainly from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia and others countries, drawn by the top standard of education and low costs.
Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama called on son Ukrainian counterpart to clarify the situation. He said he had “expressed son worry face to the news of Ukrainian border guards obstruct exit of Nigerian citizens.”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba “claimed that Ukrainian border guards were ordered to allow all foreigners to leave. He promised to investigate and come back soon,” Onyeama tweeted.
South African students and other Africans have been mistreated on the Ukraine-Poland border, South African Foreign Minister Clayson Monyela says also tweeted on Sunday.
However, the Ghanaian Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, said students in Ghana had not had problems leave the country, in a published statement on Monday.
she said 38 of the 220 Ghanaians who had left Until now, Ukraine had crossed the Polish border without any problems. However, more over 460 people are still on their way out of Ukraine to neighboring countries countries.
On Monday, Polish officials denied the charges and a spokesperson called the social media reports “nonsense” in response to question from Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).
“The officers of the polish border guard help all people flee the war zone in Ukraine. Nationality or citizenship doesn’t matter,” she said.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Russia attack on Ukraine has triggered a humanitarian crisis just days after the start of the war.
“These reports of bombs and missiles falling on civilian objects and even on kindergartens and schools mean that … we have more and more refugees on the Polish-Ukrainian border,” Morawiecki said.
Italy declared a state of urgently until the end of the year make face with the expected influx of refugees from Ukraine, the Council of Ministers in Rome has decided on Monday.
the government can therefore take emergency measures in certain cases without prior consultation in Parliament.
The country also made available 10 millions euros (11.2 millions dollars) to organize the arrival of refugees.
Less people fleeing the conflict have so far reached Germany but 1,800 have so far arrived, according to the Interior Ministry. Most are from Ukraine, security sources said, but some are foreign students others countries.
The authorities are currently is preparing to send aid, a ministry spokesman said, with aid also to provide neighboring countries of Ukraine countries.
In France, refugees from Ukraine can now travel by train for free. “The tragedy that strikes Ukraine affects us all head of the SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou, writes on Twitter on Monday.
Refugee organization Pro Asyl welcomed how willing neighbor countries were to accept refugees and urged non-Ukrainians out of the crisis region should also be allowed to cross the border to neighboring countries countries.
“Ukraine itself has offered many people protection of war and persecution in these last years, for example of Syria, Chechnya and Somalia”, the refugee organization noted.
In addition, Afghans evacuated from Kabul and students from all over the world are also in Ukraine.
“The bombs make no difference as to nationality or skin color and just so little differentiation should to be made at the borders,” said Karl Kopp, who directs the European section of Pro Asyl.