PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovakia will help individuals who shelter refugees from Ukraine with monetary assist to assist accommodate the hundreds fleeing Russia’s invasion of their nation, Finance Minister Igor Matovic mentioned on Saturday.
Although the European Union member shares solely a brief border with Ukraine, it has obtained greater than 10,000 Ukrainians, largely ladies and youngsters, over the previous 24 hours.
That is only a fraction of the inflow that neighbouring Poland, which hosts the most important Ukrainian minority within the area, has seen with some 100,000 refugees prior to now two days.
Slovak households and establishments will obtain 200 euros ($225) a month for an grownup and 100 euros a month for a kid they accommodate, Matovic mentioned.
The coalition government has in precept agreed on the plan, and the government ought to situation a decree on the matter on Monday, he added.
The government has additionally accredited sending artillery ammunition and gas to Ukraine’s forces, and agreed to host a NATO battlegroup to improve the alliance’s japanese flank.
($1 = 0.8875 euros)
(Reporting by Robert Muller; modifying by Clelia Oziel)
