EU leaders are discussing find out how to deal with a possible renewed wave of refugees from Ukraine within the face of uncertainty in U.S. coverage and Russia's ongoing offensives, Politico reported on March 5.
Following a heated argument between President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump within the Oval Workplace on Feb. 28 the White Home suspended U.S. army help and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Trump has repeatedly didn’t condemn Russia, stirring panic in Europe.
Czechia, Germany, and Poland host essentially the most Ukrainian refugees. EU officers at the moment are debating if there ought to be a extra equal distribution amongst EU member states within the occasion of a brand new wave of refugees, German Inside Minister Nancy Faeser mentioned on March 5.
"If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin escalates this warfare even additional and the American assist ought to disappear, and if this could result in a bigger refugee motion … we’d like a binding distribution of the Ukraine refugees all through the EU, in keeping with a good mechanism," Faeser mentioned.
European officers don’t essentially count on one other giant inflow of refugees from Ukraine. Regardless, geopolitical uncertainty has prompted dialogue amongst European authorities on how to reply to a possible inflow, Faeser instructed reporters.
Germany will stand with Kyiv "(a)s lengthy as Putin's horrible assault in opposition to Ukraine continues," she mentioned.
Round 5.2 million Ukrainian refugees stay overseas and about 4.2 million reside within the EU. The share of Ukrainian refugees who wish to return residence dropped from 74% in December 2022 to 43% by the top of 2024.
The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk