Romania: Evacuation transit centre to be established
Romania: Evacuation transit centre to be established
An evacuation transit centre for people in urgent need of international protection will be established in Romania, according to an agreement signed in Bucharest yesterday by the Romanian government, UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The centre - the first of its kind in Europe - will be located in the city of Timisoara and accommodate up to 200 people. It will provide a temporary safe haven with effective and immediate protection for individuals or groups who need to be evacuated immediately from life-threatening situations before being resettled to other countries.
We are grateful to the government of Romania for this important contribution to our efforts to protect refugees against forced return and other threats to their physical safety.
Resettlement countries have pledged their support for this initiative and we are now calling on other governments to provide financial assistance to support the centre.
![Poland. Refugees from Ukraine at the Kapelanka hostel](/ie/sites/en-ie/files/RF1261127_0_2.jpg "Tetiana (50) with her daughter Masha (12) from Ukraine. They live in Interhouse hotel which is a shelter for refugees.Tetiana fled her home in Dnipro, Ukraine in March 2022 with her daughter Masha. They lived next to a military unit that was under attack all the time. Tetiana was terrified when Masha shouted, "Mom, they're shooting." Masha has Downs syndrome and epilepsy. She had a panic attack.In Poland, they first lived near the border somewhere in a school turned into a shelter. Now they live in a hotel. Tetiana receives 500 zloty a month from the Polish state for Masha and a child's pension from Ukraine, which is why she is able to meet her basic needs on her own. "I miss home. I have a vegetable garden there. I dream of going back there one day," she says. But she adds that he is learning Polish just in case. In Ukraine, Tetiana was a dance instructor, and she would like to continue her job in Poland.Tetiana is now worrying about her parents who are on her way from Donetsk to Krakow.")
