War in Ukraine, already over one and a half million refugees. Grandi (Unhcr): “she is an avalanche”
“The crisis in Ukraine is one of the most important of the post-war period, it is growing at an impressive speed and starts from Europe to reach Europe “: this is the alarm raised by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, in an interview with La Repubblica. “a unique and historic moment for our continent” because “not even the movements caused by the war in Yugoslavia had reached these dimensions”.
“I have just arrived in Palanca, the border between Moldova and Ukraine, and I see an impressive influx, a human avalanche coming in and out of customs every minute,” said the High Commissioner. Those that are coming “are the families who have resources and knowledge in Europe, the real problems will come later, if other cities are bombed “, Grandi underlined, “then we will see people leaving who have less money and ties and will have to stop in border countries risking to raise tensions”.
War in Ukraine, Grandi: “Risk of wave of refugees on Moldova”
“Moldova is a fragile country, exposed, outside the EU and NATO”, he observed, “three million inhabitants have seen over one hundred thousand Ukrainians cross their borders. It is really difficult for them to handle the situation, we have to help them a lot. And if the Russians were to break through in Odessa, fifty kilometers from here, the natural port of the Moldovans, then the exodus to Moldova would become dramatic “.
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