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Failures and successes of welcoming Ukrainian refugees

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Ukrainian refugees in Medyka, on the border with Poland.

April 12, 2022. (Illustration image) © REUTERS - LEONHARD FOEGER

By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

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With the bombings in Ukraine, millions of people have sought refuge all over Europe: mainly in Poland, but also in Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy.

Compared to its eastern neighbours, the Netherlands has been much less confronted with the arrival of asylum seekers.

And yet, the 62,000 Ukrainian refugees officially registered in the kingdom are at the heart of heated discussions.

In The Hague, Antoine Mouteau.

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The Ukrainians who had found refuge in

have for some taken the road back: the welcome reserved for them when the Russian invasion was launched on February 24, 2022 seems more lukewarm today.

Those who had been installed in hotels were relocated at the beginning of the month without consideration: it was necessary to make room for tourists.

Explanations to Sofia by

When welcoming refugees is a success

In

, the population is mobilizing to welcome newcomers as best as possible, with a particular effort in the field of culture: all Ukrainian artists benefit from an individual welcome.

In Vienna, 

Identity, identities

In a

that has been living for months to the rhythm of electoral campaigns, questions of identity remain particularly sensitive.

How to do France?

What is identity, identities?

These are the questions answered by more than 200 students from colleges and high schools in Amiens, in the north of France.

They worked all year on the project “My identities, my France”.

In Catalonia, in the northeast of

, the question of identity is often linked to that of language.

And at school, the question is controversial.

The region has just approved a decree to prevent schools from being sanctioned if they do not include Spanish in their classrooms.

A way of circumventing the legislation which requires that at least 25% of the courses be taught in this language.

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