The Italian mayor #MimmoLucano secured workplaces, housing, material security, etc. for #PoCRefugees. What if they'd been white #UkraineRefugees? Lucano got 13 yrs in prison, because #racism, #whiteprivilege + #ChristianPrivilege is hardwired into European ID. FIGHT RACISM

Is there anyone out there that can help connect me to a charity in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania etc that is helping Ukrainian refugees who might be looking to resettle in the UK, temporarily or otherwise?

I'm particularly interested in sponsoring members of ethnic minority communities as I understand that they are suffering discrimination in some circumstances.

Boosts Welcome.

#Ukraine️ #UkraineCrisis #UkraineRefugees #RefugeesWelcome #AskMastodon #AskFediverse #Charity

#UkraineRefugees

So far, about 18 500 war refugees from Ukraine have arrived in Estonia. Roughly 5000 have moved on to Finland. Every day 1500 to 2000 new refugees arrive. It will be interesting to see how we cope with this development. Estonia has practically no experience with the reception of refugees. I used to say that we are protected by nature in a twofold way: there is the harsh climate and a population that has never been known for its friendliness towards strangers. (We call it aloofness.)

It should be briefly recalled that in the refugee crisis that followed 2015, Estonia agreed to take in 550 (!) refugees. In the end, 161 arrived, 85 of whom moved on to Germany.

This time everything is different: the refugees are readily welcomed by a population, who can easily identify with their fate. So far, most of the refugees have stayed with their relatives. (If I remember the numbers correctly, before the outbreak of the war a community of about 50 000 Ukrainians have been living here). The rest have been housed in hotels so far. Some hotel owners pay for accommodation from their own funds. But capacities in hotels are running out.

The government is preparing for a number of 100 000 refugees. That's a huge number. It would represent 7.7% of Estonia's population.

RT @SpiedUpon@twitter.com

#German #police stopped train of #refugees from #Ukraine 🇺🇦 at border with #Poland, pulled black people out, supposedly due to lack of papers.
Video from ca. 23:00 Weds. 2 March. Thanks for RTs
#UkraineRefugees #StandWithUkraine #BlackLivesMatter

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SpiedUpon/status/1499161478158602243