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The first ambassador of Spain in Estonia was Miguel Bauzá y More, who held the position until 11 January 2008 when he was replaced by Eduardo Ibáñez López-Dóriga. [2] For its part Estonia opened an embassy in Madrid in 1997, between 2000 and 2007 the ambassador was Andres Tomasberg, since 2007 the position is held by Andres Rundu.
Migrant and refugee rescue ships that operate in the Mediterranean Sea taking part in the rescue of people endangered when attempting to migrate across the Mediterranean to Europe are often run by NGOs. They are variously chartered, donated, or bought specifically for the purpose of rescue. [1] [2] [3]
Of the total, 6,437 refugees were transiting, leaving 18,753 who planned to stay in Estonia. [153] By 31 March, 25,347 refugees, of whom about 40 percent were children had entered Estonia. [154] The government received 13,289 applications for temporary protection. [154] By 3 July, 49,016 Ukrainian refugees had entered Estonia. [155]
Estonia has shown its commitment to Ukrainian refugees by taking in around 25,000 since the start of the war — the equivalent of 2 percent of its entire population, Liimets said.
News organisations and academic sources use both migrant crisis and refugee crisis to refer to the 2015 events, sometimes interchangeably. Some argued that the word migrant was pejorative or inaccurate in the context of people fleeing war and persecution because it implies most are emigrating voluntarily rather than being forced to leave their homes.
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In an interview with Yahoo News, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas sends a message to Western governments on Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Estonia's prime minister has a message for the West: 'Don ...
According to the United Nations, there were 5,947,106 immigrants in Spain in early 2018, 12.8% of the population of Spain. [12] According to the Spanish government, there were 5.6 million foreign residents in Spain in 2010; independent estimates put the figure 14% of total population (Red Cross, World Disasters Report 2006).