Brussels proposed to increase by 3.4 billion Euro the funds for member states who take in refugees from Ukraine. The money will go mainly to the countries bordering that country, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, but also to those who took in the highest number of people reported to their population – Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, and Estonia. A press release from the EC specifies that right now efforts are focused on protecting children, access to education, healthcare, and access to housing and jobs. 10 million Ukrainians, about a quarter of the population, were forced to leave their homes because of the war started by Russia on February 24. A few hundred thousand of them crossed into Romania, and the treatment they were given here was given lavish praise by Bucharest’s partners. The EC decided to send to Romania a team to evaluate the expenses incurred by the government in relation to the refugees, and to establish a way to reimburse them. At the same time, the government in Bucharest put together a national plan to support refugees. Six working groups will manage the people who want to stay on Romanian territory. Over the border, fighting continues. In its second month of war, Ukraine manages to resist against the Russian onslaught, with victims on both sides, while peace negotiations have so far been inconclusive.
