Eastern Europe Braces For Refugee Influx Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions
NDTV
Russia has over 100,000 troops amassed near Ukraine, and the US has warned that an attack could begin in the coming days. Moscow denies any such plans and has accused the West of "hysteria".
Countries in Eastern Europe are making preparations for potentially hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine if the crisis with Russia escalates, with some Polish towns already listing places available and Romania considering refugee camps.
Memories of the Iron Curtain and Soviet influence are still very much alive on the European Union's eastern flank, where people are wary of any instability that could hit their economies and unleash a wave of migration last seen in the 1990s during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.
Russia has more than 100,000 troops amassed near Ukraine, and the United States has warned that an attack could begin in the coming days. Moscow denies any such plans and has accused the West of "hysteria".
Nonetheless, governments and towns near the Ukrainian border, from north to south, are getting ready to take in refugees, if needed.
