Spain Ukrainian Refugees WEB
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- Spain Ukrainian Refugees WEB
- March 16, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English FOR USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Spain Ukrainian Refugees (TV) HEADLINE: Spain Simplifies Procedures for Admitting Ukrainian Refugees. TEASER: In the small Catalan town of Guissona, where one out of every seven inhabitants is Ukrainian, residents have turned to humanitarian aid as many relatives arrive PUBLISHED AT: Wednesday, 03/16/2022 at 11:00 am BYLINE: Alfonso Beato CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Barcelona VIDEOGRAPHER: Alfonso Beato PRODUCER: Marcus Harton SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, BR VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original, Other (see courtesy for Moncloa Palace) PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:06 VID APPROVED BY: BR TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE:)) ((INTRO)) [[Some of the three million of Ukrainian refugees who have managed to escape the war are now moving beyond Poland and Eastern Europe to the farthest stretches of the continent. That includes Spain which is already home to a community of 100,000 Ukrainians. Jon Spier narrates this report by Alfonso Beato in the Catalonia region.]] ((NARRATOR)) The Spanish government does not have exact numbers of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Spain. Many of them have family ties in the country and use this network to find support. The European Union’s response to the Ukrainian refugees is very different from that to the refugee influx that followed the Syrian conflict. This time, the EU member states have decided to activate a law that will allow Ukrainians to get residence permits for at least one year. ((Mandatory courtesy: Moncloa Palace)) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for an agreement among Spain’s regions to deal with the humanitarian crisis. ((Pedro Sánchez, Spanish Prime Minister (MALE IN SPANISH)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Moncloa Palace)) “An agreement for us to collaborate and cooperate in accommodating refugees that Spain is already receiving, like many other countries, in the face of the greatest humanitarian crisis that Europe is experiencing since the Second World War. There are already three million displaced people.” ((NARRATOR)) Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, more than 100,000 Ukrainians have made Spain their home. Those coming now seek the support of relatives in the country, especially in towns such as Guissona in northeast Spain, where one in seven inhabitants is Ukrainian. The government has made arrangements for children to attend schools. ((RADIO VERSION: Jaume Ars Bosch is Guissona’s mayor.)) ((Jaume Ars Bosch, Mayor of Guissona (MALE IN SPANISH)) "Catalonia has already established the protocols for the incorporation of these boys and girls into ordinary schools and at this moment they are already attending." ((NARRATOR)) Tetiana Miakoytina has come with her son to see a doctor. They arrived after a ten-day drive from Kyiv, having fled the capital after hearing the first bombardments. ((Tetiana Miakoytina, Ukrainian Refugee (FEMALE IN UKRAINIAN)) “When we traveled through the territory of Ukraine, we passed many checkpoints. At all control points they were verifying documentation, and so our trip was very long. We spent the nights in hidden places because of many bombings. During these nights we were with the children in underground places hidden from the bombing.” ((NARRATOR)) Her husband remains in Kyiv because of a government order that prevents men between 18 and 60 from leaving Ukraine so they can defend the country. Guissona resident Mykola Grynkiv has turned his cyber cafe into a humanitarian aid warehouse. From there, he organizes truck deliveries to Ukraine. He is working to collect essentials such as medicine so that Ukraine can spend more of its resources to buy weapons to defend itself. ((Mykola Grynkiv, Cyber Cafe Owner (MALE IN SPANISH)) "They need a lot of military ammunition. What happens is that normal people cannot buy it, Ukraine must do it in agreement between the governments. If we help with medicines, we can free the funds of our government." ((NARRATOR)) Those who arrive can look for work immediately: This is a town with an agricultural cooperative that employs more than 5,000 people and where many Ukrainians already work. ((FOR ALFONSO BEATO IN GUISSONA, SPAIN, JON SPIER, VOA NEWS))
- Transcript/Script FOR USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Spain Ukrainian Refugees (TV) HEADLINE: Spain Simplifies Procedures for Admitting Ukrainian Refugees. TEASER: In the small Catalan town of Guissona, where one out of every seven inhabitants is Ukrainian, residents have turned to humanitarian aid as many relatives arrive PUBLISHED AT: Wednesday, 03/16/2022 at 11:00 am BYLINE: Alfonso Beato CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Barcelona VIDEOGRAPHER: Alfonso Beato PRODUCER: Marcus Harton SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, BR VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original, Other (see courtesy for Moncloa Palace) PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:06 VID APPROVED BY: BR TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE:)) ((INTRO)) [[Some of the three million of Ukrainian refugees who have managed to escape the war are now moving beyond Poland and Eastern Europe to the farthest stretches of the continent. That includes Spain which is already home to a community of 100,000 Ukrainians. Jon Spier narrates this report by Alfonso Beato in the Catalonia region.]] ((NARRATOR)) The Spanish government does not have exact numbers of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Spain. Many of them have family ties in the country and use this network to find support. The European Union’s response to the Ukrainian refugees is very different from that to the refugee influx that followed the Syrian conflict. This time, the EU member states have decided to activate a law that will allow Ukrainians to get residence permits for at least one year. ((Mandatory courtesy: Moncloa Palace)) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for an agreement among Spain’s regions to deal with the humanitarian crisis. ((Pedro Sánchez, Spanish Prime Minister (MALE IN SPANISH)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Moncloa Palace)) “An agreement for us to collaborate and cooperate in accommodating refugees that Spain is already receiving, like many other countries, in the face of the greatest humanitarian crisis that Europe is experiencing since the Second World War. There are already three million displaced people.” ((NARRATOR)) Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, more than 100,000 Ukrainians have made Spain their home. Those coming now seek the support of relatives in the country, especially in towns such as Guissona in northeast Spain, where one in seven inhabitants is Ukrainian. The government has made arrangements for children to attend schools. ((RADIO VERSION: Jaume Ars Bosch is Guissona’s mayor.)) ((Jaume Ars Bosch, Mayor of Guissona (MALE IN SPANISH)) "Catalonia has already established the protocols for the incorporation of these boys and girls into ordinary schools and at this moment they are already attending." ((NARRATOR)) Tetiana Miakoytina has come with her son to see a doctor. They arrived after a ten-day drive from Kyiv, having fled the capital after hearing the first bombardments. ((Tetiana Miakoytina, Ukrainian Refugee (FEMALE IN UKRAINIAN)) “When we traveled through the territory of Ukraine, we passed many checkpoints. At all control points they were verifying documentation, and so our trip was very long. We spent the nights in hidden places because of many bombings. During these nights we were with the children in underground places hidden from the bombing.” ((NARRATOR)) Her husband remains in Kyiv because of a government order that prevents men between 18 and 60 from leaving Ukraine so they can defend the country. Guissona resident Mykola Grynkiv has turned his cyber cafe into a humanitarian aid warehouse. From there, he organizes truck deliveries to Ukraine. He is working to collect essentials such as medicine so that Ukraine can spend more of its resources to buy weapons to defend itself. ((Mykola Grynkiv, Cyber Cafe Owner (MALE IN SPANISH)) "They need a lot of military ammunition. What happens is that normal people cannot buy it, Ukraine must do it in agreement between the governments. If we help with medicines, we can free the funds of our government." ((NARRATOR)) Those who arrive can look for work immediately: This is a town with an agricultural cooperative that employs more than 5,000 people and where many Ukrainians already work. ((FOR ALFONSO BEATO IN GUISSONA, SPAIN, JON SPIER, VOA NEWS))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date March 16, 2022 11:11 EDT
- Byline Alfonso Beato
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America