One million people have fled from the war for now
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The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to launch the Temporary Protection Directive to provide quick and effective help to those fleeing the war in Ukraine. More than 575,000 have already come to Poland from Ukraine. people. The EU directive covers, inter alia, the right of residence, access to the labor market, access to housing, social assistance, medical or other assistance, and means of subsistence. In addition, the guidelines provide for the simplification of border controls at the EU's borders with Ukraine.
It will be the first such case in the history of the European Union. The community wants to give refugees from Ukraine identical rights in every member state. The heads of the Ministry of the Interior of EU countries are to approve the regulations today and they will enter into force immediately. Upon adoption, the temporary protection would be valid for one year.
As the Border Guard informed today (March 3), more than 575,000 people have already arrived from Ukraine. In turn, the data of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) show that one million people have already left this country.
"This is the fastest exodus of refugees in this century," UNHCR estimated.
The UN forecasts that at least four million people may escape from Ukraine as a result of Russia's invasion.
