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Thursday 23 March 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# Przemysl

Last year
2022
THE MORNING LEAD
Irish volunteers at the Ukraine border: ‘We're great at helping, but need to do more. It’s a tragedy’
A report by
Céimin Burke
At a major humanitarian aid centre close to the Ukrainian border a small team of volunteers are helping refugees travel to Ireland.
Céimin Burke speaks to volunteers at a disused shopping centre just 11 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
Groups include people from around Europe who came to border areas and directly offered lifts to arriving refugees.
Irish charities among those working to set up safe travel routes for refugees and helping with those providing essential items and legal support.
‘I have to go back’: Polish city remains a major hub for Ukrainians fleeing war (and going home)
Over 50 days in, things have changed at the main border crossing between Poland and Ukraine
THE MORNING LEAD
‘I have to go back’: Polish city remains a major hub for Ukrainians fleeing war (and going home)
A report by
Céimin Burke
Volunteers from all over the world are helping the city to handle the crisis.
Przemyśl became a hub for Ukrainian refugees as soon as the war broke out.
The city has adapted its operations to deal with a new phase of the crisis.
Volunteers from all over the world are helping the city cope with the influx of people.
# Medyka
Over 50 days in, things have changed at the main border crossing between Poland and Ukraine
There are now almost as many people returning to Ukraine as there are people fleeing from it, reports Céimin Burke at the Poland-Ukraine border.
There are now large numbers of people returning to Ukraine as well as leaving it
Security is much tighter, with more organisations rather than individuals on the ground
The traffic at the border stretches out of sight filling three lanes, reports Céimin Burke from the border
'Powerful' strikes on Lviv kill seven people as Russia tries to seize full control of Mariupol
'We couldn't imagine how the world let this happen': Nadia's journey from Bucha to Ireland
# Medyka
'Money, money, money - that is what is required' - Irish politicians visit Polish/Ukraine border
The Journal’s Niall O’Connor is reporting from the border – he met Cathal Berry and Gerard Craughwell.
# Humanitarian Crisis
At the border: 'People should stop sending us summer clothes. We need food and things for babies'
Niall O’Connor reports from the Polish/Ukraine border.
# ukraine border
How the mid-size Polish town of Przemysl has been transformed into a transport hub for refugees
The Journal’s Niall O’Connor is reporting on the growing refugee crisis from the Ukraine-Polish border.
# Przemysl
Przemyśl, the Ukraine/Poland border town where tens of thousands of refugees cross daily
The Journal’s Niall O’Connor will be reporting from the Polish border and in the frontier town of Przemysl.