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Zelensky’s Refugee Warning and Migration Row Dominate EU Summit

Zelensky’s Refugee Warning and Migration Row Dominate EU Summit

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Migration has become a central issue at the two-day European Union summit (October 15-16). Ukraine’s president warned of a huge new wave of refugees if Russia wins the war, while a group of leaders pushed the bloc to take a tougher line on irregular arrivals.

Zelensky Warns of 20 Million Refugees

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that up to 20 million Ukrainians could be forced to flee to Europe if Russia wins the war.

Speaking to reporters, Zelensky said Russia is killing Ukrainians and driving them out of their country.

“Putin wants to destroy us. He doesn’t respect us, our sovereignty and territorial integrity. He really thinks that we are not a country, not a nation,” Zelenskyy said, warning Putin won’t be satisfied with just the Donbas region.

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion, millions of Ukrainians fled in what became Europe’s fastest-growing and largest refugee crisis since World War II. According to Eurostat, more than 4 million Ukrainians currently live in EU countries under temporary protection, mostly in

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