Italian PM announces €800 million for Ukrainian refugees
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has announced that Italy has increased funds to support Ukrainian refugees in the country from €500 million to 800 million.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has announced that Italy has increased funds to support Ukrainian refugees in the country from €500 million to 800 million.
The humanitarian association Mediterranea Saving Humans has launched its third Safe Passage mission to take medicine, food and other aid to Ukraine and to bring refugees fleeing the war back to Italy.
The Milan Fair Foundation and the Arca Project Foundation have collected over 100 tons of essential goods for Ukrainian refugees. Trucks departed for Poland earlier this week.
In Dnipro, an Italian chef who has lived for three years in Ukraine is helping refugees fleeing the war."When the bombs began, I did not think twice.You can't just leave. You need to help these people. It reminds me of Italy 30 years ago," he said.
The international fundraising campaign 'Stand up for Ukraine' has raised a €9.1 billion to support refugees fleeing war in Ukraine and internally displaced people.
A Swiss millionaire has so far transported over 300 Ukrainians from Poland to Switzerland since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is not the first time Guido Fluri has used his millions to help refugees.
Oxfam Italia has launched a new campaign called "Let's Save Lives in Emergencies" to raise awareness of its work in war-torn countries such as Yemen, Syria, and now, Ukraine.
More than three million people have fled Ukraine, moving west — for the most part — to neighboring countries like Poland, Hungary and Romania. But one person has decided to move in the other direction, getting dangerously close to the Ukrainian border to help war refugees.
Marten Lange-Siebenthaler used to make a living organizing holiday trips to Ukraine. When the war broke out, he switched to sending humanitarian aid, rather than tourists, to the country.
As refugees from Ukraine arrive at the German-Polish border, residents are rushing to help provide accommodation as well as donate supplies to Ukrainians in the area who are leaving to fight Russian forces back home.
The plight of people in Ukraine escaping the Russian invasion is immense. Aid organizations and civil society have quickly reacted to offer support. InfoMigrants has compiled a list of some of the relief programs aimed at supporting those inside Ukraine and refugees fleeing the country.
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