Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday observed a border checkpoint in Medyka in southeastern Poland, where Ukrainian refugees have been arriving as Japan prepares to bolster humanitarian aid for the Eastern European country besieged by Russian aggression.
Germany won praise and criticism for welcoming Syrian refugees in 2015 and is now opening its borders for Ukrainians fleeing war.
As the war enters its sixth week, the number of Ukrainians who have decided against taking up residence in the European Union is on the rise.
Japan’s government will allow Ukrainian evacuees to work in the country after it started accepting people displaced by Russia’s invasion, the justice minister said Tuesday.
More than 360,000 people have fled Ukraine in the three days since Russia began its invasion, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Sunday.
Ukrainian refugees are flooding over the border into Poland and more explosions have been reported in the capital, Kyiv, as Russia’s invasion of the country enters its second day.
