Finding Sanctuary: A Hotel in Versoix, Switzerland, Offering Refuge 2000 Kilometers Away from the War in Ukraine

2023-09-05 03:05:00

– A hotel for refuge 2000 kilometers from the war in Ukraine

Since February 2022, around twenty refugees and their children have been staying in a former hotel in Versoix. Reporting.

Posted today at 05:05

Olena, a Ukrainian language and Chinese teacher, fled the war with her daughter-in-law Kateryna and her granddaughter Olena.

MAGALI GIRARDIN

This is a hotel that has been full for a year and a half. On the terrace, and in the garden, women chat, toddlers play. In the big kitchen, we are busy preparing the meal while children are tinkering in the common room. On this early summer evening, this Versois establishment takes on the air of a holiday home. And yet, none of its inhabitants is here by choice. Of Ukrainian origin, all fled their country at war.

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