Mariia, Yas, Izabella and Muammel Zgeir who have arrived in the Cork area from Ukraine. She had stayed with them on a college exchange and they wanted to know if Jan and Paul could help her. Maryna, a political journalist working in a business newspaper, was from Ukraine but living and working in Moscow. The power was intermittent and food was scarce, Maryna told Jan. By March 7, she realised she needed to get out. Jan believes that we need to challenge our preconceptions about refugees as “downtrodden” and admits that she has never “felt my privilege so much”.

Source: Irish Examiner April 10, 2022 04:13 UTC