The UAB offers support to those affected by the Ukrainian conflict
The UAB declares its rejection of the military aggression on Ukraine and expresses its support for the people affected by this and by many other conflicts. The University has launched several actions in coordination with the international emergencies committee.
Since the start of the conflict, the UAB's international emergencies committee has been studying ways in which to offer housing to refugees
At the start of the conflict, the UAB opened a permanent line of communication with members of affected university communities, both those in the countries in conflict, to offer information and advice, and those at the UAB, who were invited to informative sessions in which the University's support to them was expressed and where they were offered all the help they may need. A support e-mail was created for those directly affected by the conflict in order to centralise petitions.
On 24 February, the Catalonia Interuniversity Council (CIC) activated its international emergencies protocol and, on 25 February, the universities met with the Ministry for Research and Universities to offer information on the number of university community members affected by the conflict, both due to internal displacements and to being here in Catalonia at the time when the conflict erupted.
Presently, the UAB international emergencies committee is preparing to make housing available for refugee university students, has contacted with the Ukrainian and Russian students enrolled in the UAB and continues to work in coordination with the CIC on all types of support actions. The UAB will communicate and channel its support mechanisms to all those affected by the conflict through the Fundació Autònoma Solidària (FAS), which will be in charge of distributing all aids.
The UAB will also work towards helping all people present in the conflict, whatever their nationality be, to meet the needs this conflict might have generated, without suffering any discrimination in the process. It will also work jointly with the Catalan university system in information and coordination actions aimed at mitigating the effects of this conflict.
As part of the international emergencies committee, the FAS coordinates the university's response on the UAB campus. If you form part of the university community and would like to send in your proposal or ask questions regarding the Ukrainian conflict, please write to: fas.cooperacio@uab.cat.
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