Collective response: is Europe doing its best for Ukraine?
06 March 2022 |
1:19 pm
As bells ring out across Europe in support of Ukrainian citizens, refugees fleeing the country are now in excess of a million, and on the Polish border women and children part ways with the men who must return and fight Russian forces.France has welcomed the first refugees with open arms, their plight uniting public opinion more than, for instance, the Syrian refugee crisis ever did, military supplies have been sent...but is this enough?
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