Interior Minister Nikos Nouris, who is in Brussels for the Extraordinary Session of the EU Internal Affairs Council, made the following statement:
"Unconditional solidarity with the Ukrainian people was the main feature of today's session of the Internal Affairs Council. I believe that the dramatic call from Moldova for the resettlement of refugees highlights and gives particular importance to the proposal put forward by Cyprus for mandatory rather than voluntary resettlement and redistribution. We have also supported the fact that there should be a central platform on which to register all Ukrainian refugees so that Member States can be assisted both in matters of relocation and in matters of solidarity.
We consider the allocation of EUR 17 billion from unallocated resources to all Member States to meet the needs of refugees to be extremely important, which will greatly help the common cause."
(EFF/MF)
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