Why ukrainians? Why not africans/pakistanis? huh?

Quote:The EU must take into account its limited resources when deciding what to do with the millions of Ukrainians living as refugees in the bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said.
There are currently around 4.5 million Ukrainian refugees living in the EU. Back in June, the European Commission extended temporary protection status for these asylum seekers until March 2026, guaranteeing them residence, work permits, welfare benefits, and access to healthcare and education until that date.
“We should urgently reflect together on the way forward,” von der Leyen wrote to EU leaders on Monday, stressing that whatever system is put in place after March 2026 should respect “Ukraine’s own needs” and “the limits on our resources.”
“Based on that reflection, the Commission will be able to present proposals” aimed at “managing the situation as long as necessary,” she added.

Von der Leyen’s letter also called for a bloc-wide tightening of immigration rules and border security, including the construction of “return hubs” outside the EU to hold non-Ukrainian migrants whose asylum claims are rejected. The letter came after a string of right-wing victories in regional, national, and European elections this summer, and after a group of 17 member states called on Brussels to allow them to carry out more deportations.

Meanwhile, individual member states are slashing benefits for Ukrainian refugees. In Ireland, where Ukrainians now account for 2% of the population, the government recently cut welfare payments for the refugees in state-provided accommodation from €232 ($253) per week to €39 ($42.55). Irish Minister of State James Browne said last year that Ireland’s generous benefits had caused a “significant increase in secondary movements” of Ukrainians to Ireland from other EU countries.
Ireland is also considering abolishing its program of free housing for Ukrainians next year, the Irish Times reported last week.
As of June 2024, Germany has received almost 1.2 million Ukrainians, making the country their top destination in the EU. With record numbers of migrants arriving from Africa and the Middle East too, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned last month that state and federal resources had been “almost exhausted” dealing with the influx.
In August, another EU member state, Hungary, announced that refugees coming from areas of Ukraine deemed by Budapest to be unaffected by the conflict would no longer be entitled to free accommodation, with exceptions made for vulnerable individuals.

Quote:Hungary could block EU sanctions on Russia if the union’s policies jeopardize its own energy security, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned. Budapest will only permit the imposition of restrictions if they retain current exemptions on Russian energy supplies, he said.
The EU prohibited the transport of Russian crude oil by sea in December 2022 as part of its large-scale sanctions campaign against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. However, landlocked Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic insisted on being granted waivers from the measure due to the lack of alternative supply sources.
“The sanctions are being reviewed in a cycle of six months usually, and as long as the sanctions are on, these exemptions must stay there, because otherwise we would veto the sanctions,” Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti, published on Tuesday. He emphasized that, for Hungary, the question of sourcing energy from Russia is not a political issue, but a matter of energy security.
Szijjarto recalled that, apart from targeting Russian oil with sanctions, Brussels has also set a goal of abandoning Russian gas by 2028 as part of its REPowerEU plan. He slammed the plan as an “absolutely irrational,” politically motivated decision.

“This approach has nothing to do with physics, with economic competitiveness… with the green transition. This is purely a political commitment, and making political commitments in the field of energy simply doesn’t make sense,” he said, accusing the EU of taking a “dogmatic ideological approach” which is a “no go” for Hungary.
“You replace a source of energy in two cases – number one is if you are unsatisfied with cooperation… two – if you have a better offer… So why would we change an already existing source of energy based on reliable cooperation to something uncertain which on top of that is more expensive?” Szijjarto argued, referring to the EU’s attempts to source supplies in alternative markets, such as the Middle East and the US.
Hungary’s imports of oil from Russia were put in jeopardy earlier this year after Kiev halted the transit of crude supplied by Russian energy giant Lukoil via the Druzhba pipeline, citing sanctions on the company. Budapest slammed the move as “blackmail” over its refusal to cut ties with Russia. It appealed to the European Commission to intervene, but was refused on the grounds that Kiev’s move does not affect the bloc’s energy security. The situation has still not been resolved.

Hungary relies on Russia for roughly 70% of its crude imports, with Lukoil accounting for nearly half of that figure. However, it also receives oil from other Russian companies, such as Rosneft and Tatneft, which have not been sanctioned and continue to pump the commodity through Druzhba.

wow ;o

Apparently, a lot of refugees come to Russia from Palestine!

https://slavlandchronicles.substack.com/...ted-a-plan

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/1...source=rss

wow! :P
really?

Quote:Poland is set to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a broader strategy aimed at reducing irregular migration, driven by escalating tensions with Belarus.
The Polish government accuses Belarus of facilitating the movement of migrants across their shared border.

Yea!

https://www.rt.com/news/605582-ukraine-p...mpaign=RSS

Quote:Two-thirds of Poles believe that their government should send Ukrainian men of military age back home to fight against Russia, a new poll has suggested.

while prices of electric in Poland keep rising by 200% and polish people gotta pay, Ukraine gets everything for free! More money for Elon Sucks! Thank you Poland! Poland is run by morons! :-)

https://www.rt.com/news/605562-poland-fu...mpaign=RSS

Quote:Poland is paying all of the costs for Ukraine’s use of the Starlink satellite communication system, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski disclosed during a press conference on Thursday.

Simply wow! :P
Photos inside:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024...is-england

Quote:The lights could be seen as far south as London, Kent and East Anglia.

I am cleaning stuff on the vps and my laptops, cause I want to get back to studying sysadmining.

I am collecting money for a new camera and need some space on /var partition, cause I will be uploading new stuff. Gotta create those backups!
My mission now is to setup a database for new forums and wordpress perhaps, and run them configured, then I can try to setup wiki and perhaps something else. Should be fun!

I am still alive, and if you're reading this and visit this forum sometimes, thank you! :-).

Take care

hey