“War does not determine who is right – only who is left” – Bertrand Russell
War always brought with it a dark future, especially for refugees. The Russia-Ukraine war has created the refugee crisis by devastating their peace. Since the war erupted, millions of Ukrainians flee their country to seek refuge in other countries which created the mass migration issue in other countries. The Russia-Ukraine war and refugee crisis are problematic for many European countries as they are already facing high inflation. Since the first Russian military invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Ukraine-Russia War is still going on. Ukraine faced devastation from ongoing war and one of the
repercussions is the migration of citizens. Almost 6.3 million Ukrainians fled their country. The European Union has welcomed Ukrainian refugees, allowing them to enter its 27
member countries without visas and live and work there for up to three years.
The European economy is already under stress due to high inflation and this practice could pose new challenges to it. Poland is hosting the highest number of refugees. Approximately 3.5 million people fled to Poland from Ukraine by February 2022. People who fled Ukraine just because of the continued war are 53 percent of the 6.5 million people. The majority of the Ukrainian refugees flee to Poland due to the vast border length, and cultural and linguistic similarity and a large part of the Ukrainian diaspora is already living there. It is not confirmed how many refugees and migrants shifted to Poland and how many fled to other places. In an interview with fifty percent of Ukrainian refugees and migrants at the border, they mentioned their intention to stay in the country during the war. In Poland, over a million people registered themselves to get a personal identification number for the Polish Electronic System for Social Security (PESEL). Others sought to flee to European countries. 17 percent to Germany, 3 percent to Italy, 5 percent to Spain, 3 percent to France, and 3 percent to Denmark. According to UNHCR projections from April, more than 4.3 million people will have entered Poland from Ukraine by December 2022, and 2.6 million people will likely remain in the country and require humanitarian assistance (UNHCR 25/04/2022).
The nonprofit think tank the Centre for Global Development, analyses that countries that are hosting Ukrainian refugees can cost them more than $30 billion in the first year. According to BBC news, around 8 million people are displaced in the country. The war should halt because the end of it is always in a form of destruction. The authorities should provide safety to the migrated refugees to return to their homeland safely. The world
is already facing many challenges, so we should try not to complicate issues more.
