Posted on 02/26/2022 2:05:43 AM PST by Cronos
Almost 30,000 people crossed from Ukraine into Poland yesterday following Russia’s invasion, far higher than normal border traffic. Around half of them have made declarations that they are fleeing war and will be treated as refugees, say the Polish authorities.
Many have been met by friends and relatives from Poland’s Ukrainian community – the country’s largest immigrant group, over one million strong – thousands of whom have travelled to the border to collect their compatriots.
Meanwhile, Poland has also been helping facilitate the repatriation of third-country nationals – including Bangladeshis and Filipinos – from Ukraine.
Figures released by the Polish border guard this morning show that 29,000 people crossed from Ukraine yesterday. That is a “noticeable increase in border traffic,” said Stanisław Żaryn, spokesman for Poland’s security services, quoted by the Polish Press Agency (PAP)/
“About half of them have so far made verbal statements that they are fleeing war; these are people who must be considered as war refugees…[and] will be accepted in Poland in accordance with procedures,” added Żaryn. For comparison, Poland received 7,700 applications for asylum in the whole of last year.
The Polish authorities have for weeks been preparing to receive up to one million refugees from Ukraine in the event of war. Yesterday, following Russia’s invasion, they opened eight reception points at the border to provide support to people fleeing the conflict.
Arrivals are offered coffee and the option of being taken to a nearby reception point or to other parts of Poland by bus. Many are also met on arrival by fellow Ukrainians who have travelled in their thousands from around Poland to the border to collect friends and relatives, reports PAP.
A number of trains – each carrying hundreds of people – have also been arriving from Ukraine at Przemyśl, a Polish town near the border. Many have then travelled on to other parts of Poland, but some have remained in the town, reports local news service Nasze Miasto.
Grumble… my son was planning to get married to his Dutch fiancé and I couldn’t bring myself to stay in Germany. I was planning on Poland. After being stationed in Germany form 86 to 90, I just couldn’t see it after the pics of migrants all over the place.
Better Ukrainians than Afghanis.
Feb 25, 2022
Much better. Ukrainians are close relatives who will integrate very quickly. Terrible for Ukraine but quite helpful for Poland to gobble up as many Ukrainians as possible. This would offset the low birth rates at a stroke.
And keep the EU out of Poland’s case for not having enough refugees.
May they be worthy of the Hussars...
Far better. Since the end of the Cold War, the Poles get along fairly well with Ukrainians and will do their best to welcome the refugees with open arms in the current crisis. About two years ago, I read that Polish military planners projected a potential need to conduct peacekeeping operations or irregular warfare in the west Ukraine after a Russian invasion. Supposedly, the Polish Army began to comb the ranks for Ukrainian language speakers and cultural experts for specialized units to assist in those tasks should they become necessary.
So they’ve contingency-planned this one. Competent.
How many refugees from Canada are crossing the border soon over the threat to their lives and banking status?
Timcast IRL (Tim Pool)
Biden To Pull US Border Guards To Send Them To Europe, Exposing Our Southern Border
The other half declaring as "tourists" and "day-trippers."
Regards,
This could be a great way to arm and train the Ukrainians. Arm the refugees, train them and send them back. Volunteers, of course.
The issue I had with Ukraine was forbidding any man from 16 to 60 from leaving the country....they must remain and fight. Not sure that was ‘freedom”.
God bless Poland.
This combined with the fact that males between 18-60 are forbidden to leave, handing out small arms indiscriminately, the call for mercs to come to Ukraine, means a lot of civilians will be killed. The Russians will have no choice.
How's that any different from our concept of a draft during a war?
“Fine. Go. ...And don’t let us catch you coming back.”
I can see that logic, too.
Return Kresy to Poland and East Prussia to Germany, and call it a day.
Looking at pictures and video, it looks like a lot of women, children and elderly, with some military aged men mixed in. Contrast this with the “refugees” at our southern border where well over half are military aged men.
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