Six working groups will be set up at government level in Bucharest for a better handling of the situation of the Ukrainian refugees who may choose to stay in Romania. Four of these are dealing with issues related to health, education, access to the labour market and accommodation. The other two will deal with those vulnerable, children and young people. The total number of Ukrainian refugees who have made it to Romania in the past three weeks since the beginning of the conflict has almost reached half a million. However, very few of them applied for asylum and only about 80 thousand have chosen to remain in Romania. According to official data, 32 thousand of them are minors and accommodation facilities have been occupied 70%. Authorities and civil society are making efforts to provide proper accommodation conditions, food, medical assistance and education for their children. A lot of companies have come up with job offers for the refugees. The European Commission has decided to earmark special funds to Romania in an attempt to enable the country to cope with the large number of refugees.
