EU refugee policy suddenly improves for Ukrainians
Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels.
A huge number of Ukrainian refugees continue to arrive at EU borders in Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary. On Thursday, EU home affairs ministers adopted the Temporary Protection Directive. It means the refugees can work and go to school in any of the bloc's 27 member states for at least one year.
So, by the EU's own admission, refugees travelling here from conflict zones involving Western military powers did not and do not receive the same protection.
Meanwhile, advocates are calling on the EU to pay particular attention to certain groups.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Slovakia and Romania on Thursday to assess the refugee crises facing the two EU nations. She took the opportunity to try and apply additional pressure on Moscow.
Non-EU country, Moldova, has taken in more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees so far. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited that country on Thursday to offer support. However, there is concern over the treatment of some who are trying to reach the EU from Ukraine.
Senior UN officials are criticizing evidence of discrimination, by EU border authorities, against African and Asian nationals attempting to flee the conflict. Rights groups are also condemning the racism, and are asking EU leaders to remember the bloc's values, they talk so much about.
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