The number of people fleeing the conflict has now exceeded 3.6 million. Over 320,000 have so far found shelter in Hungary. Many are passing through the town of Zahóny, where Cesvi has set up a tent structure that can accommodate up to 10,000 refugees a day and offer a hot meal, Wi-Fi and legal advice. […]
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In partnership with Sos Bambini Romania in the Little Prince Centre in Sighetu Marmației. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, 535,461 refugees have crossed into Romania (UNHCR) – through the three official border entry points and from Moldova, which many refugees transit through before arriving in the country. One of the border crossings […]
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The people of the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million people at present, have been living with war for many years: trapped in this densely populated strip of land, at the mercy of shelling, without a safe place to take refuge and without access to welfare services and basic means of livelihood, many Palestinian civilians […]
ContinueCovid-19, Cesvi: two years fighting against the emergency in Bergamo and in the world
The shortage of masks and medical devices, social isolation, the fear of first leaving home and then losing their jobs. Two years after the beginning of the Covid-19 emergency and on the occasion of the dramatic recurrence of the National Day in Memory of the Victims of the Coronavirus Epidemic (18th of March), Cesvi recalls […]
ContinueCesvi in Hungary: the first Entry Point Hub is operational in Záhony
Záhony – a small Hungarian town two kilometres from the border with Ukraine – has become the place where, for thousands of refugees, fear gives way to hope. You can read it in their faces, which finally relax and at least for a moment light up with a smile. A smile full of the joy […]
ContinueUkraine Emergency, Záhony: a tent to bring back hope
The small town of Záhony has always been a peaceful place in the Hungarian countryside a few kilometres from the border with Ukraine. But on 24 February, everything changed. Záhony is the main access point to Hungary for tens of thousands of refugees fleeing a war that has already forced almost 3 million people to […]
ContinueUkraine Emergency: the exodus to Europe continues
As the fighting moves increasingly westwards – with sirens resounding even in Lviv – the humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine pushes the country ever further into the abyss. The civilian death toll shows no sign of stopping: according to the United Nations, at least 1,663 people have been affected, including 596 dead. Eastern Ukraine continues to […]
ContinueIn Hungary to welcome refugees: work proceeds for the Entry Point Hub
Work is progressing to complete the Entry Point Hub in Záhony, on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, which will be able to accommodate 10,000 people in transit per day. A much-needed space to offer those fleeing war hot meals in a heated place with guaranteed hygiene and safety standards. According to official UN estimates, 2.3 million people have […]
ContinueSupporting people fleeing war: Cesvi is starting the first Entry Point Hub in Hungary
DONATE NOW FOR THE UKRAINE EMERGENCY Cesvi – in coordination with the municipality of Záhony and World Central Kitchen – is organising the first Entry Point Hub on the border between Ukraine and Hungary, near the railway station, which has become a critical arrival and transit point for people fleeing war. Every hour, a train […]
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