Tag: Refugees
Ukrainian refugees learn Dutch: ‘If I stay here, I must be able to speak Dutch’
There is a soft buzz and the rustle of paper in the room as the Ukrainian participants take out their notebooks. The room slowly falls silent when volunteer Tineke raises…
Mayor of Houten calls on the government to look at local initiatives for reception of refugees
According to Isabella, these rules ensure that plans are not implemented. He addresses the matter directly to The Hague: “Minister de Jonge, I hope you are watching, I need you…
Municipality raided by refugee reception in Hotel Van der Valk in Houten
COA informed the municipality on Tuesday, one day before the reception location was put into use. The news surprised the community. “We have now unexpectedly been confronted with this fact…
Hotel in Houten temporarily accommodates asylum seekers
The hotel on the Hoofdveste is used as a crisis shelter to relieve the overcrowded registration center in Ter Apel. “There is a chronic shortage of reception locations throughout the…
Big disaster in the Aegean! Boat carrying dozens of refugees capsized: Many missing
The boat carrying refugees from Antalya with the aim of reaching Italy capsized off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea. In the statement made by the Greek…
From now on, the government will adjust its own destination for asylum seekers’ center at refuse municipalities
One of those instruments is the possible transfer of permits from municipalities. If a location is suitable for an asylum seekers center, but does not have the correct destination, the…
Ukrainian Olesya Kholodova went on vacation, but the war prevented her from returning home – now she runs the EU’s first center for Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania
The Ukraine Center in Vilnius offers refugees practical help and training, but also much-needed support and comfort. VILNA It was just supposed to be a relaxing family vacation. Ukrainian Olesya…
Halyna, who escaped from Hersoniss, runs a support center for refugees and hopes for the liberation of the occupied territories: “I believe I will celebrate the New Year in my hometown”
Ukraine wants to recapture all Russian-occupied coastal areas in the south by September. The people of Kherson who fled the occupation are waiting for the counterattack of the Ukrainian army…
Ukrainian refugees cost billions more than estimated
The war in Ukraine continues with no end in sight and now many refugees are expected to remain in Sweden longer than previously thought. This means rising social costs. In…
Dissatisfaction with Ukrainian refugees is growing in Poland
Since the start of the war, around six million Ukrainians are said to have left their country and fled to other European countries. Poland is the country that received by…