Oasis on the Adriatic where Ukrainians and Russians have gone to escape war

Immigrants descended in large numbers on Montenegro, which has managed the influx despite its small size.

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It sounds like a recipe for tension and confrontation: tens of thousands of people from opposing sides in a bitter, protracted war descending on a small Balkan nation with its own very recent memories of conflict.

But Montenegro has managed the influx so far.

Since February 2022, Ukrainian refugees and Russian exiles have fanned out across Europe, fleeing war, conscription and Vladimir Putin’s rule.

More than four million people have fled Ukraine for temporary protection in the European Union - to Germany and Poland and elsewhere.

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