BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries will consider “in the next hours and days” if they need to put in place a resettlement programme for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict in their country, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday.
He told reporters that first decisions on how to address the issue of refugees would be taken at an emergency meeting with his EU counterparts taking place on Sunday, or at another meeting of the interior ministers scheduled for Thursday.
Some 368,000 people have fled abroad from the fighting in Ukraine, the U.N. refugee agency said earlier on Sunday, citing data provided by national authorities.
(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel)
