REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: The latest figures from the United Nations show over 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. Poland has carried the weight of this displacement, as 1.8 million refugees went there. Via VictorOquendo.
Warsaw, with a population of about 1.8 million, has accepted over 300,000 refugees, which is more than any other city has accepted. Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski told us the population here has increased by 20% in less than three weeks -- and the pace is not sustainable.Ukrainians have been granted access to education, health care and social services, but he's calling for a more long-term plan.
"What I'm asking of all my friends in the Western world, help us out, and let's do it in a way that is well planned. Enough of improvisation, we need a plan," he said. The other neighboring countries are also in need of a plan. Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, is working hard to funnel the 344,000 who have arrived to other countries. There's a shuttle bus that takes them to Romania.ABC News speaks with a Ukrainian mother and daughter at a refugee hub in Warsaw, Poland.
Every day, tens of thousands of people are streaming into Slovakia, where there is a large Ukrainian community, but the Médecins Sans Frontières team on the border there note a change in profile of the refugees --"people seem to be more vulnerable and travel on foot for many kilometers in harsh conditions," its latest report said.
Similarly, other European countries are saying they are finding it hard to cope. The Czech Republic has said it
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