Canada accepts refugees from Ukraine/Melanie Joly
Canadian Foreign Minister showed how they welcome refugees from Ukraine. In particular, the minister politely invited people to the country.
Melanie Joly reported the relevant information on May 29. That is, on the 95th day of the war that Russia started against Ukraine.
Canada continues to accept refugees
This morning (it is said about May 29 – Channel 24) Ukrainian families arrived in Montreal, who fled from Putin's war. On behalf of all Canadians, welcome home,” wrote Melanie Joly.
People flew out of Katowice, Poland and received a work permit, which they received in Poland.
The first plane with refugees arrived 9 more May
The first plane with Ukrainian refugees landed in Canada on May 9. There were 166 refugees on board, 55 of them children.
They arrived at St. John's International Airport, located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
These are people who have lost their homes – many of their homes, as we saw on TV, were destroyed rockets. We want to provide a home for them,” explained provincial premier Andrew Fury.
The official added that he did not know how many refugees the province of Newfoundland and Labrador could accept. However, then it was said about 600 – 700 people.
It should be remembered that after the start of a full-scale war, thousands of Ukrainians came to Canada on their own.
According to the border guards, more than 19,000 Ukrainians are mentioned. The authorities have also approved more than 90,000 temporary visa applications since mid-March.
About Ukrainian refugees in the world
- Since the start of the full-scale war that Russia launched against Ukraine, dozens of countries world opened doors for Ukrainian citizens.
- It is known that Ukrainians went to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, Czech Republic, Romania, Estonia, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Great Britain, Sweden and other countries.< /li>
- As of the end of March, according to the UN, 3.7 million people left our state.
- On May 13, Boris Johnson announced that the UK had issued more than 100,000 visas to citizens of Ukraine under a simplified scheme . That is, 102,300 Ukrainians took shelter in Britain from the horrors of the war.
- On May 20, Greece announced that their employers were ready to hire Ukrainians. We are talking about more than 50 thousand vacancies.