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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.

Stay or leave? The doubt of Alexandra and the people of Lviv

March 14, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

To stay and prepare to resist the bombing, or to escape the violence and face a very long journey with a small child? Alexandra's family, like all those in Lviv, is living hours of waiting and anguish. Ilaria Romano met them for us.

A new beginning for Ukrainian refugees in Prague

March 10, 2022 - Romina Vinci

Ukrainians are the largest foreign community in the Czech Republic, with almost 197,000 legally resident at the end of 2021. The Czech people have rallied around them and immediately mobilised to help the people at war and those fleeing the country. Romina Vinci reports from Prague.

Millions of lives changed forever

March 9, 2022 - Elira Kadriu

On Tuesday 8 March, Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, claimed that more than 2 million people have fled Ukraine, which makes the current crisis "the fastest growing crisis since World War II". Dramatic numbers, behind which lie the stories of so many women and men whose lives have changed forever. Elira Kadriu spoke to a few of them.

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