UKRAINIANS who have fled their homes to escape war have received better treatment than those displaced by other ongoing conflicts and emergencies, the Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission said today.

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) called on member states to support all equally in its annual report, saying that “admirable efforts” have been made to support Ukrainian refugees since February 2022.

But it also highlighted that the treatment of people from Ukraine had varied depending on their ethnicity, such as through accommodation conditions offered to Roma with Ukrainian citizenship being of lower quality than others.