EU migration ministers to meet as thousands of refugees flee Ukraine
A child sits on a trolley luggage as people arrive at the border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland, Friday. Reuters-Yonhap
EU ministers for migration will convene for a special meeting this weekend to discuss "concrete responses" to the Ukraine crisis, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced.
Thousands of people have already streamed across the borders into neighboring countries such as Poland, Moldova, Slovakia and also Russia, a spokesperson for the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in Geneva on Friday.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday the bloc had prepared contingency plans for refugees with EU member states for the event that Russia invades Ukraine. (dpa)