“This is the first major operation of this type”, announces the Ministry of the Interior. Some 2,500 Ukrainian refugees in Moldova will be transferred to France as part of an operation coordinated by the European Commission “to voluntary countries”says Gérald Darmanin on Twitter, Friday, March 11. The Minister of the Interior clarified that this reception had been decided by Emmanuel Macron.
The European Commission is coordinating an operation to transfer Ukrainian refugees in Moldova to voluntary countries. At the request of the President of the Republic, France announces that 2,500 Ukrainians from Moldova will be welcomed on our soil.
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) March 11, 2022
According to the UNHCR, on March 10 there were 105,000 Ukrainian refugees in Moldova. They are more than a million in Poland, as of March 11. About 10,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in France since Russia invaded the country on February 24, according to the Interior Ministry.
