The Dutch government is hosting 900 migrants and asylum seekers on the Silja Europa passenger ship, reports BBC.
Housing refugees
A massive problem which many European countries are grappling with, as a legacy of the Syrian war and most recently Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
There are no Ukrainian families aboard the Silja Europa. We’re told this is because they are given a sort of protected status and priority by the local authorities. They are able to work immediately, whereas the other new arrivals must wait six months.
The Dutch claim the use of the ship has been a success, but they are adamant it’s not a lasting solution – and so everyone on board will be taken ashore within three months.
But where they will be taken, the authorities don’t know.
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Source: BBC
