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The Romanian model: grassroots hospitality for Ukrainian refugees

April 20, 2022 - Eleonora Camilli

On the border between Romania and Ukraine, a policy based on regular routes of entry, visa liberalisation and widespread reception is making it possible to avoid the occurrence of a "migration crisis" at the borders of the Union. A report by Eleonora Camilli

Ukraine-Poland: travelling across the border

March 23, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

The distance from Lviv to the border with Poland is about seventy kilometres. A route that would have taken a couple of hours before the war, but today can take up to 8 hours. This path is the main escape route from the violence of the conflict and among the thousands of people who travel along it every day is our very own Ilaria Romano.

Escaping Chernihiv: Iryna’s story

April 7, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

Iryna is 30 years old, a mother of two children aged nine and five, and has temporarily moved to Lviv. She is staying at a friend's house after leaving her hometown in the north of Ukraine, which is only eight kilometers from the Russian border. Chernihiv has been under siege for a month and isolated after an air raid destroyed the bridge over the Desna River, the exit route from the city centre. Ilaria Romano interviewed her for us.

Escaping Bucha: Tanya’s story

April 4, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

Tanya was able to leave the suburbs of Kyiv and now she has temporarily moved with her family to Truskavets, in the Lviv oblast - a town with a population of just under 30 thousand. Ilaria Romano interviewed her for us.

Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees

March 4, 2022 - Paolo Riva

How and why the European Union came to a historic decision, and what could happen next. An article by Paolo Riva.

Delays in regularisation are affecting Ukrainian workers

March 30, 2022 - Claudia Torrisi

The promised 2020 regularisation of foreign workers for the domestic and agricultural sectors is proceeding very slowly. Among the requests that have been submitted, about 20,000 involve Ukrainian nationals, placing Ukrainians first in the rankings of applicants by nationality, who now face being unable to leave Italy without their regularisation request being rejected. An article by Claudia Torrisi.

17 billion euros from the EU for refugee reception (but uncertainty prevails on relocation and quotas)

March 29, 2022 - Paolo Riva

These funds will go towards supporting the reception of over 3.8 million refugees who arrived in the European Union between February 24 and March 28. While the number of arrivals has stabilised at around 40,000 people a day, uncertainty remains around quotas and relocations.

Fleeing Russia’s authoritarianism

March 28, 2022 - Elira Kadriu

As the Russian invasion in Ukraine intensifies, space for dissent within Russian society decreases more and more. Thousands of people, mostly youths, who wish to distance themselves from Putin's politics, are leaving the country. Over 10,000 Russian citizens have already moved to Georgia, but even once across the border, fears of the potential ramifications of this exodus remain.

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