Poland's leaders have promised to welcome every Ukrainian who comes their way - and, so far, they are being good to their word.
According to the border guards, the queues now snake 40km back into Ukraine. They told us that someone joining the back of that line now could end up waiting up to 60 hours to cross the border into Poland.
Imagine that - two and a half days in a queue, while war gets ever closer to you, in order to flee your country. Like refugee camps around the world, Medyka has that twin personality - at once it feels like a sanctuary, but it's also a place that nobody wants to be.A few miles away, we meet Tanita at the railway station in Przemysl. She had fled Lviv that day with her children, and now sits in a hastily-arranged shelter in the station.
Camp beds are arranged around a converted waiting room and, as we chat, a kindly woman in military uniform comes round, offering soft toys to the children."I was sheltering in the basement, but it felt dangerous. My husband said, 'you need to save our children because if you stay downstairs, it's not safe'.""I feel angry," said Tanita."I live a life of safety and then one day, they start a big war.
"And politicians need to remember that this isn't just about Ukraine. It will be going everywhere because of a crazy man who wants to fight everywhere, and everyone."The Poles promised to welcome every Ukrainian and, so far, they are being good to their word. But these people didn't want to leave Ukraine.
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