QCEA joins call to protect COs

‘With very few exceptions, Russians refusing to fight in Ukraine are finding it impossible to get humanitarian visas'

by Rebecca Hardy 14th March 2025

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has joined calls for the European Parliament to reiterate its demand that member states should provide protection for conscientious objectors (COs) and deserters fleeing Belarus, Russia and occupied Ukraine. The call follows a previous demand, made in February 2023, which QCEA said is not always being followed.