Poland and Germany asked the European Commission for help with Ukrainian refugees. What migration problems did European countries face after February 24

The number of Ukrainian refugees arriving in the EU is approaching 4 million, and individual countries of the community are beginning to ask for financial and logistical assistance from Brussels.About their problems with the acceptance of Ukrainians - in the material of RBC

Warsaw and Berlin asked for assistance from the European Commission

Since the beginning of the Russian military special operation in Ukraine, more than 3.866 million people have left it, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on March 27. Most went to the EU countries. In this regard, the Ministers of the Interior of Germany and Poland, Nancy Feser and Mariusz Kaminsky, jointly appealed to the European Commission with a call to reconsider the distribution of refugees by country and provide additional financial assistance to Berlin and Warsaw. Their letter was sent on March 25, its contents became known on March 27.

In a letter to European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, the ministers called for "quick decisions" to resolve the situation. “Obviously, our resources and capacities will not be enough to cope with the growing influx of people,” the letter says, the text of which is at the disposal of the German news agency DPA. Feser and Kaminsky propose to the EC to introduce a one-time payment of €1,000 from EU funds for each person admitted to the country, and also require additional coordination in the distribution of refugees. By coordination, the ministers understand assistance in transporting people to those countries. who are ready to accept them, as well as informing the Ukrainians themselves about the existing opportunities. (Earlier Feather spoke in favor of introducing quotas for the admission of refugees.

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Poland, according to the UNHCR, is the absolute record holder in terms of the number of accepted refugees from Ukraine. As of March 27, there are more than 2.293 million immigrants from Ukraine in the country. Germany is in fifth place among the EU countries in terms of the number of refugees accepted: according to the German Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 267 thousand forced migrants are registered on its territory.