Many children among refugees arriving in Poland

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(9 Mar 2022) More than 1 million children have fled Ukraine in the less than two weeks since Russia first invaded the country, according to UNICEF, and they continue to flee.
Many more arrived on a cold Wednesday at the Przemysl train station in Poland, after a long journey from their homes in Ukraine.  
Bundled up in colorful hooded coats, hats and gloves, some holding their pets, they stuck closely to their mothers and families, before running to get a bus or train onto their final destination.
Oksana Oyoko, a mother of six from Odesa, described how difficult it had been to board the train in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, as children were not given priority and instead bundled in with all the other passengers.
However, Oyoko's journey was not over after the train ride, with her family forced to walk for six hours to cross the border with Poland on foot, as they look to join her husband in Germany.
Meanwhile, Nina Popczuk, the mother of a two-year-old girl, described their 30 hour journey from Kramatorsk as "very horrible", expressing concern about what they would do next.
Children represent around half of the more than 2 million people that have fled the war, an exodus that the U.N. refugee agency called the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
The majority have gone into Poland, where 1.33 million refugees have crossed according to the Polish Border Guard agency.

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