War in Ukraine: "115,000 Ukrainians receive accommodation and allowance" in France, indicates the Secretary of State in charge of Citizenship

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Posted on 02/24/2023 07:42

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80% of these refugees are women, according to the details of Sonia Backès this Friday on franceinfo.

“115,000 Ukrainians, 80% of them women” found refuge on French territory and “today benefit from accommodation and an allowance”, detailed Sonia Backès, Secretary of State in charge of Citizenship in France, Friday February 24 on franceinfo. A year after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, France has spent nearly 500 million euros to offer accommodation to these displaced Ukrainians.

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The day before, the former Ukrainian Prime Minister thanked on franceinfo “ordinary French people” for welcoming refugees. “Our country will never forget, launched Yulia Tymoshenko. A quick victory depends only on the weapons (…) and the speed of their delivery. It seems to me that the President of France understands this very well.”