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EU migration ministers to meet as thousands of refugees flee Ukraine

Thousands of people escaping the conflict have crossed the borders into Poland, Moldova, Slovakia and also Russia.

• February 25, 2022
Gérald Darmanin

EU ministers for migration will convene over the weekend for a special meeting  to discuss “concrete responses” to the Ukraine crisis, French Interior Minister GĂ©rald Darmanin announced.

Thousands of people have already streamed across the borders into neighbouring countries such as Poland, Moldova, Slovakia and also Russia, a spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in Geneva on Friday.

On Thursday, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, said the bloc had prepared contingency plans for refugees with EU member states for the event that Russia invades Ukraine.

(dpa/NAN)

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