Bitcoin-friendly Portugal is shaping up as a preferred destination for Ukrainian war refugees.
The count of citizens leaving their homeland in Ukraine because of the ongoing war with Russia continues to increase.from CBS News points at roughly 3 million people leaving Ukraine. Another report hints that Portugal is shaping as a preferred destination for a range of reasons, one of which being the crypto-friendly policies of the country.A recent Bloomberg report reveals the journey of 35-year-old Maria Yarotska from Ukraine to Portugal.
The woman drove for six days and crossed all of Europe alongside her mother, young daughter, and their dog to escape the war in her homeland Ukraine and seek refuge in the crypto-friendly country of Portugal.ADVERTISEMENT I have a lot of colleagues here. They will help me legalize my documents so I can stay. – Yarotska said.
Besides being a crypto-friendly hub, there’s another reason for Portugal being a primary choice for Ukrainian refugees. People from the country were the fifth-largest group of foreign nationals before the war had even started. Of course, this number increased largely as in the past three weeks alone, 13,000 Ukrainians entered the country.
Portugal’s government approved certain measures to speed up and simplify the process of entering the country from those who flee the war. To put things in perspective – in the three short weeks since the conflict started, Portugal saw as many people from Ukraine entering the country as back in the whole year of 2015.Crypto in Portugal: A Guide to the Crypto-Friendly Country –In Portugal, cryptocurrencies are not regarded as an asset but as a currency.
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