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When the reception of Ukrainian refugees comes up against logistical problems

Audio 7:30 p.m.

Mural of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin, Ireland, April 6, 2022. © REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

By: Frederique Lebel

3 mins

Ireland has had a painful experience of this.

The government had announced that it could welcome 100,000 refugees, but with 25,000 arrivals to date, the country's capacities are already almost at saturation point.

In a few days, thousands of Ukrainians could therefore find themselves without accommodation.

However, there is no question of limiting arrivals, according to the government.

All solutions are being studied to find places, from the requisition of tourist accommodation, to financial assistance for host families.

Sometimes a little messy.

In an emergency, it is the Ukrainian refugees who have to deal with the flaws in the system.

This is the reportage in Dublin by Laura Touachanov.  

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Promote volunteering, social action in society

Values ​​that are not necessarily self-evident.

In Lithuania, schools have therefore chosen to promote them, and even to make them compulsory.

Starting from middle school, Lithuanian students must perform social hours.

These hours count in the school report for the year.

They are also a complement to the civic education course which is only taught from high school.

They can even give extra points for getting a state-funded place at university.

In the upcoming education reforms, volunteering will also be taken into account in the secondary school leaving examination.

In Vilnius, it is the report of 

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The European eye of Franceline Beretti: Twitter without moderation 

On April 24, American billionaire

bought Twitter!

This total libertarian has promised to restore free speech on the social network… To moderate is to censor, he explains.

So the announcement of this takeover obviously caused a lot of turmoil in Europe.

observed them for her “European eye”.  

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No to the transfer of personal data  

And it is for the moment only an agreement in principle between Brussels and Washington for the transfer of personal data, but which comes at a time such that many digital players have spoken of blackmail.

The United States claiming to be ready to supply us with gas as long as we give them access to another wealth, our personal data.   

Our digital identity, our behavior on the web, our geolocation, information that is worth gold, but that Brussels and the European Court of Justice have refused for years to deliver across the Atlantic, where the protection of privacy is judged insufficient.

In Austria, the best independent defender of the rights of Internet users was not mistaken about the dangers to come.

In Vienna,

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Note that the actions of

have already had noticeable effects.

The prohibition in Austria and France of the audience measurement tool Google Analytics and the obligation imposed on all French public companies to host their data in companies governed by European law.  

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