Reuters, 08/06 18:58 CET
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Central European
countries asked the European Union on Wednesday to free up funds to help
Ukraine deal with a growing number of people displaced by conflict.
Ukraine is battling Russian-backed separatists in the
eastern Donbass region and a ceasefire agreement negotiated with the
help of Russia and Western powers is barely holding.
In a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude
Juncker, the leaders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary
said the number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine had reached
more than 1.7 million by March.
Poland, Hungary and Slovakia – which along with the Czech
Republic make up the Visegrad Group – border Ukraine and would be most
affected by migration from the former Soviet republic.
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Source: euronews.
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