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Up to 500,000 people marched in Berlin against the war 10 days ago - now thousands upon thousands of Ukraine refugees are arriving at the capital's train station (Photo: Matthew Tempest)

Time for the EU to protect all refugees

Vladimir Putin's tanks are firing at kids. Huge numbers of people are on the move.

Filip, a supporter of WeMove Europe in Poland, who has taken Ukrainian refugees into his own home, wrote to say that the current relief effort is largely an initiative of people.

He feels abandoned by his government and the EU. And while there is some help, the disproportion of the burden is huge.

By this week, two million people had fled Ukraine. Some 1.2 million arrived in Poland, 190,000...

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Laura Sullivan is executive director of WeMove Europe an independent campaigning organisation that seeks to build people power to transform Europe in the name of our community, future generations and the planet.

Up to 500,000 people marched in Berlin against the war 10 days ago - now thousands upon thousands of Ukraine refugees are arriving at the capital's train station (Photo: Matthew Tempest)

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Laura Sullivan is executive director of WeMove Europe an independent campaigning organisation that seeks to build people power to transform Europe in the name of our community, future generations and the planet.

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