{"id":1341786,"date":"2022-02-25T10:55:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1341786"},"modified":"2022-02-25T10:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:55:33","slug":"eu-countries-prepare-for-ukraine-refugees-while-humanitarian-superpower-sweden-refuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-countries-prepare-for-ukraine-refugees-while-humanitarian-superpower-sweden-refuses\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Countries Prepare for Ukraine Refugees While &#039;Humanitarian Superpower&#039; Sweden Refuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feu-countries-prepare-for-ukraine-refugees-while-humanitarian-superpower-sweden-refuses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1341786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372606384-e1645742332856-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Several European Union countries in central and eastern Europe say they are preparing for a wave of refugees for Ukraine, while \u201chumanitarian superpower\u201d Sweden has refused to take any.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s neighbour Poland, which has previously taken in large number of Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers after the 2014 Donbas war, has already set up working groups to determine the logistical challenges of helping those who flee from Ukraine. An estimated 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees already live in Poland.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Education Minister Przemyslaw Czarnek commented on the situation on Wednesday saying, \u201cWe are ready to welcome children and young people in schools and students in Polish universities,\u201d the European Union-funded website InfoMigrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infomigrants.net\/fr\/post\/38754\/offensive-russe-en-ukraine--les-pays-voisins-prets-a-un-afflux-massif-de-refugies\">reports<\/a>. Germany has also stated that it will help Poland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ukrainian Defense Ministry claimed on Thursday morning that Ukrainian forces captured two \u201cRussian occupiers,\u201d the first declared prisoners of war from the Russian invasion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6cvFV7azN0\">https:\/\/t.co\/6cvFV7azN0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1496944854768701444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Slovakian\u00a0Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad stated this week that his country, which also shares a border with Ukraine, was ready to take in refugees, as the country has set up four refugees camps to house the expected flow of people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf the situation requires it, we can also use the existing accommodation facilities of the Interior Ministry and other ministries,\u201d Slovak\u00a0Interior Minister Roman Mikulec said.<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian Prime Minister\u00a0Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been firm on his stance against illegal immigration and is known for his tough border security stance, said his country would accept those fleeing from the conflict with Russia as well.<\/p>\n<p>In Austria, Chancellor Karl Nehammer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2635916\">condemned<\/a> the Russian military operations in Ukraine and said that Austria would help fleeing Ukrainians, noting that the border of Ukraine was closer to Vienna than the western Austrian city of\u00a0Bregenz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine is different from countries like Afghanistan. We\u2019re talking about neighbourhood help,\u201d Nehammer said this week.<\/p>\n<p>European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson also stated this week that the bloc was ready to support member states taking in Ukrainians saying, \u201cWe don\u2019t know what would be the next step of [President Vladimir] Putin, but we have to be prepared if there will be a massive inflow of refugees of Ukrainians into the European Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prime Minister of Poland: \u2018Free World Has to Stop Putin\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dag8ZncEkc\">https:\/\/t.co\/dag8ZncEkc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1496817185116680192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking into the support from the EU asylum agency with processing asylum applications, the support from Frontex with registration and border management, and the support from Europol as well,\u201d Johansson added.<\/p>\n<p>While countries that have been strict on their stances against mass migration and illegal immigration have pledged to help Ukrainian refugees, the so-called \u201chumanitarian superpower\u201d Sweden, has stated that it will not open its borders to those fleeing the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish Primer Minister\u00a0Magdalena Andersson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dn.se\/varlden\/magdalena-andersson-andra-lander-far-ta-ansvar-for-ukrainska-flyktingar\/\">told Swedish media<\/a> last week that other countries should take responsibility for Ukrainian refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/debatt\/a\/lVWoq7\/cuf-luf-sverige-maste-oppna-for-ukrainska-flyktingar\">criticised<\/a> this week by the heads of the youth movements of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party who stated, \u201cMagdalena Andersson was clear in a statement to <em>Dagens Nyheter<\/em> on February 18 that if a refugee crisis arises, it is the responsibility of other European countries to offer security to those fleeing. It is a remarkable statement from a Prime Minister who says he wants to represent a humanitarian superpower.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">E.U. Responds to Russia\u2019s Ukraine Aggression: \u2018Harshest Package\u2019 of Sanctions are Coming<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqmfrizmeK\">https:\/\/t.co\/bqmfrizmeK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1496832288230887433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several European Union countries in central and eastern Europe say they are preparing for a wave of refugees for Ukraine, while \u201chumanitarian superpower\u201d Sweden has refused to take any. 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