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#Przemysl

# przemysl - This year 2022

Irish volunteers at the Ukraine border: ‘We're great at helping, but need to do more. It’s a tragedy’

# Ukrainian Refugees

# Ukrainian Refugees

Irish volunteers at the Ukraine border: ‘We're great at helping, but need to do more. It’s a tragedy’

Apr 22nd 2022, 12:05 AM 27,496 Views 11 Comments

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)

# Przemysl

‘I have to go back’: Polish city remains a major hub for Ukrainians fleeing war (and going home)

Apr 20th 2022, 12:05 AM 18,808 Views 0 Comments

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.

Over 50 days in, things have changed at the main border crossing between Poland and Ukraine

# Medyka

Over 50 days in, things have changed at the main border crossing between Poland and Ukraine

Apr 18th 2022, 11:10 PM 47,241 Views 15 Comments

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

'Money, money, money - that is what is required' - Irish politicians visit Polish/Ukraine border

# Medyka

'Money, money, money - that is what is required' - Irish politicians visit Polish/Ukraine border

Mar 13th 2022, 11:14 AM 29,330 Views 0 Comments

The Journal’s Niall O’Connor is reporting from the border – he met Cathal Berry and Gerard Craughwell.

At the border: 'People should stop sending us summer clothes. We need food and things for babies'

# Humanitarian Crisis

# Humanitarian Crisis

At the border: 'People should stop sending us summer clothes. We need food and things for babies'

Mar 12th 2022, 7:45 PM 100,606 Views 41 Comments

Niall O’Connor reports from the Polish/Ukraine border.

How the mid-size Polish town of Przemysl has been transformed into a transport hub for refugees

# Ukraine Border

# Ukraine Border

How the mid-size Polish town of Przemysl has been transformed into a transport hub for refugees

Mar 10th 2022, 9:00 PM 38,722 Views 22 Comments

The Journal’s Niall O’Connor is reporting on the growing refugee crisis from the Ukraine-Polish border.

Przemyśl, the Ukraine/Poland border town where tens of thousands of refugees cross daily

# Przemysl

Przemyśl, the Ukraine/Poland border town where tens of thousands of refugees cross daily

Mar 10th 2022, 7:49 AM 9,655 Views 1 Comment

The Journal’s Niall O’Connor will be reporting from the Polish border and in the frontier town of Przemysl.

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