A report by Amnesty claims Ukrainian military tactics “endanger civilian lives” by using hospitals and schools to set up bases in populated areas. Ukrainian officials say Amnesty distorted the real picture and failed to understand the situation on the ground.
Reem Alabali-Radovan, the federal commissioner for migration, refugees, and integration, says the policy will help transform Germany into a “modern immigration country.”
The fact that a Western, formally democratic European country is being upbraided—however gently—by the human rights group, is something Europeans are rather unused to.
The amnesty scheme will grant thousands of illegal migrants official residence, give them access to the Ireland’s labor market, and provide them with a pathway to citizenship.
