Moldova is facing a refugee crisis and requires urgent financial aid as tens of thousands of people fleeing the Russian invasion cross its border from Ukraine, the country’s prime minister, Natalia Gavrilița, has said.
Gavrilița told Euronews on Monday that of the 250,000 Ukrainians that have crossed the border since the war began, 120,000 have remained in Moldova. Europe’s poorest country now has the largest proportion of refugees of any nation, she said, and is struggling to cope.
“Moldova is, of course, also the country with the most limited resources, and we definitely need financial assistance and humanitarian assistance in order to be able to support this flow of refugees,” she said, calling the situation “a massive humanitarian crisis.”
