"Traditionally, war leads to a kind of migration of peoples: refugees seek territories where sirens do not wail, where bombs do not destroy buildings, where one can live rather than hide from pinpoint bomb strikes or a sniper's bullet," my friend Vesna Nušić says sadly. She was born and spent the first 25 years of her life in Sarajevo. Then there was war, and she became a refugee, ending up with her family in Germany, now – speaking Russian, German and English – she works in the secretariat of the European Parliament. She deals with refugees. According to her, after the start of the operation against the Taliban in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of Afghans, Pakistanis, and Kurds moved to Europe and North Africa. What will happen in the near future in Iraq and around it? Vesna replies: "The EU is ready for an influx of refugees, special funds are being created for this, but we all understand that the threats of social and interethnic conflicts will grow, and no one rules out the threat of terrorism either." Indeed, Turkey expects that up to 300,000 refugees will pass through the Iraqi-Turkish border alone; the first thousands from the combat zone have arrived at refugee camps in Jordan. The Swiss press reports that hundreds of wealthy families from the UAE, Kuwait, and Egypt have relocated to the territory of that small wealthy state, causing housing prices to soar.
"Ukraine understands that it may soon become a transit territory for refugees, and thousands of refugees may remain in Ukraine: some will be legalized through the international Red Cross and the UN, while some will live illegally. The Ukrainian government is developing a program of special measures in case of a humanitarian catastrophe," the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports. X-hour has come. What will Y-hour be?