Africa-Press – Angola. Angolans staying illegally in Ukraine do not wish to leave, for fear of being prevented from returning by the Ukrainian immigration authorities, after the end of the Russian invasion of that country.
The revelation was made, Monday (28), by an Angolan in this condition, who decided to speak to Jornal de Angola, as long as he was not identified in the journalistic piece.
“In Ukraine, there are many Angolans in an illegal migratory situation”, he said, referring that, in order to be legally in the European country, they have to leave, to later enter with a new visa.
The departure of an illegal alien from Ukraine has costs. Anyone in this condition is required to pay a fine, which, according to the source, “ranges between $600 and $1,000.”
For this reason, he added, “many foreigners prefer to stay illegal and then pay the fine when they leave Ukraine one day.”
To a question about what life is like for an illegal foreigner in Ukraine, the source replied that “in Ukraine, unlike other European countries, it is not that complicated to live illegally”.
The source concluded that, in Ukraine, “people live normally”, even though they are illegal, being able to work, but without a contract, although they cannot open, for example, a bank account, nor obtain a driver’s license.
Jornal de Angola had access to a list with the names of Angolans controlled by the Angolan community leadership in Ukraine and who expressed their desire to leave the country for Poland, where they will remain refugees while the armed conflict lasts.
Regarding this list, the source said he believed that anyone not included in the document “can only be that Angolan who did not provide data so as not to be evacuated”.
“They are afraid of leaving Ukraine and then not being able to return, because they are illegal,” admitted the source, stressing that, when you enter, for example, with a student visa, the visa’s validity period ends in the year in which the student completes the training.
The country at war
Ukraine was one of 15 republics that formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), created on December 30, 1922 and dissolved on December 26, 1991.
After the disintegration of the USSR, 11 of the 15 former Soviet republics formed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with Russia, Ukraine and Belarus as founders.
In 2014, a territorial dispute began between Russia and Ukraine, with Russia invading and annexing the Crimean peninsula to its territory. The Cri-
half belonged to the sovereignty of Russia until 1954, the year in which the then leader of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev decided to “offer” the peninsula to Ukraine, a gesture that was seen as proof of the strengthening of ties between the two Soviet republics.
Tensions between the two countries escalated after Ukrainian separatists, backed by Russia, took control in 2014 of the industrial region of Donbas, where the cities of Donetsk and Lugansk are located, and the Ukrainian government decided to place the country in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The fear of the Russian Government, expressed mainly by President Vladimir Putin, is that Ukraine will be used as a “springboard” for a NATO attack against Russia. For the Russian President, a possible entry of Ukraine into NATO ” will serve as a direct threat to Russian security.”
Created in the context of the Cold War, in 1949, in opposition to the former Soviet Union, which led a military alliance, the Warsaw Pact, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental organization formed by 30 countries, which help each other in terms of politicians and military.
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