14/03/2022 (Agence Europe) – Three chronically ill Ukrainian children and their parents were evacuated from Poland to Italy on Sunday 13 March, the European Commission announced on Monday. This is the first MEDEVAC operation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Poland, which itself activated the civil protection mechanism on 28 February to help cover the needs of the 1.7 million refugees it is hosting, has so far received help from France, Germany, Denmark and Austria. The...