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Ukrainian refugees in Hungary: Volunteers are doing the government’s work

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Ukraine war refugees arriving at railway station greeted by aid workers handing out food and supplies, Budapest, Hungary, 5 March 2022. Source: lithian / Shutterstock

Even though there are barely more than twenty thousand refugees from Ukraine in Hungary (as opposed to the government’s claims of hundreds of thousands, or over a million), the refugee care system is still crumbling.

VSquare

20.09.2022

Open to refugees, open to the EU: The week that turned the tables in Poland

refugees, War in Ukraine

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Protest against Russian aggression. Demonstration of solidarity with Ukraine. Warsaw 20.02.2022 Source: Rafał Milach / Archiwum Protestów Publicznych

The Russian assault on Ukraine has allowed the Polish government to present itself as a pro-EU state, even as it remains an illiberal regime.

Wojciech Cieśla

04.03.2022

Diary of a War

refugees, Russia, War in Ukraine

Sumy, Ukraine after Russian military attack. Source: Military Administration of the Sumy Region

The diary of the family of our journalist, Anastasiia. Her loved ones have stayed in Sumy, border city, where some of the heaviest fighting between Russia and Ukraine is taking place.

FRONTSTORY.PL

03.03.2022

“We don’t want to evacuate. We want peace”

refugees, War in Ukraine

Border crossing in Ubľa. Source: Tomáš Madleňák

The moment I arrived at the border a few days ago, I was positively shocked by the huge display of solidarity of the Slovak people – a report from our Slovak journalist.

Tomáš Madleňák

02.03.2022

Five border crossings open on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border

refugees, War in Ukraine

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Hungary-Beregsurany, 02.26.2022. Ukrainian families flee the war. Sourece: Janossy Gergely / Shutterstock

Since last Thursday, more than 85,000 people have arrived in Hungary from Ukraine. By Monday, the first wave of refugees had reached the Hungarian capital.

Márton Sarkadi Nagy

01.03.2022

See Minsk and die. How Belarusian firms smuggle refugees

Belarus, refugees

Companies connected with the Alexander Lukashenko regime are profiting from smuggling migrants from the Middle East.

FRONTSTORY.PL

13.12.2021

THWARTED. What is really going on on the border between Belarus and Poland

Belarus, human rights, refugees

Razor wire fencing on the Belarusian-Polish border. Source: Karol Grygoruk / RATS Agency

Our investigation reveals locations of transit nodes used by Belarusians to smuggle migrants through the border and their connection to Belarusian military infrastructure.

Julia Dauksza

04.11.2021