The reception of Ukrainian refugees in France cost nearly 500 million euros, mainly for accommodation and the allowance paid to some 100,000 displaced persons settled in the territory, announced on Thursday February 23, the Ministry of Interior, one year after the start of the conflict in Ukraine. In detail, nearly 220 million euros were spent “under the allowance for beneficiaries of protection” temporary granted to Ukrainians, about 260 million “for accommodation” and 10.1 million “for day care and transport”, detailed the ministry to AFP. Follow our live.
A majority of women among Ukrainian refugees in France. Between March 10, 2022 and January 30, 2023, France welcomed more than 100,000 Ukrainians, “of which nearly 80% are women”also detailed the Ministry of the Interior, which explains that it issued “provisional residence permits” 87,928 Ukrainians (excluding children) over this period, or nearly 146,000 when renewals are taken into account.
Beijing presents its “peace plan”, the head of the UN denounces the Russian “affront”. China presented in Moscow its vision for the “political settlement” of the conflict in Ukraine, when the UN Secretary General denounced the“affront to our collective conscience” caused a year ago by the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the opening of the General Assembly. Kyiv and its allies, for their part, hope to garner the widest possible support for a resolution to be considered the same day by the UN General Assembly, calling for peace “fair and sustainable”.
Russia blames the West. On his side, at the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia accused Westerners of preparing “to plunge the whole world into the abyss of war”. “In their desire to inflict a defeat on Russia in any way possible, it is not only Ukraine that they can sacrifice”did he declare.
