In the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union on the arrival of more refugees before. Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan warned of further “waves of migration” to the west at a meeting of EU interior ministers he chaired in Prague on Monday. Together with Ukraine and neighboring Moldova, the EU wants to take action against the illegal arms trade.
The “Putin factor” means that there is no end in sight to the war in Ukraine, said the Czech interior minister, whose country took over the EU Council presidency from France on July 1. Because of the intransigence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the EU must expect even more refugees.
“We also have to prepare for refugees from other areas,” said the acting head of the EU border protection agency Frontex, Aija Kalnaja, in Prague. She justified this with the food shortages that African countries are facing due to the Russian blockade of Ukrainian grain exports.