The article by Mr Carl Bildt ‘Ukraine has fended off Russia and the EU deserves credit’ (Irish Examiner, April 24) not only presents events in Ukraine in a misleading way, but contains a great number of factual errors as well.

The United Nations refugee agency has revealed more than 45.2 million people were forced to flee their homes last year, an 18-year high mainly due to wars in Syria, Afghanistan and other countries.

UNCHR Ireland is quite correct as reported in the Irish Examiner (Jun 20) in calling for what is called the ” single procedure” for asylum and protection applications.

Actress Angelina Jolie today visited Iraq to meet refugees and US troops, the UN refugee agency said.

The number of people officially executed around the world doubled in 2001.