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Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are crossing the border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing. One month into the war, more than 2,1 million people have fled from Ukraine into Poland. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
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Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are crossing the border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing. One month into the war, more than 2,1 million people have fled from Ukraine into Poland.

Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC

  • Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are crossing the border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing. One month into the war, more than 2,1 million people have fled from Ukraine into Poland. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Tigran, 5-years-old, is blowing bubbles while waiting for a train to take him and his family out of Przemyśl in Poland. Two months into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Anna and her daughted at the train station in Przemyśl, Poland
  • Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are crossing the border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing. One month into the war, more than 2,1 million people have fled from Ukraine into Poland. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Daniel (7) holds his mother's hand outside the massive reception centre in Korczowa. Located right by the border, what used to be a shopping mall is now a shelter refugees from Ukraine, resting among the empty shops and hallways before setting off on the next leg of their journey.<br /> <br /> Two months into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Irina and her dog Kofi at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland
  • At the Medyka border crossing in Poland, Katya, 9, and her older brother, Kiril, 10, are impatiently waiting for the departure of the bus that will take them and their mother to Naples in Italy where their family lives. <br /> <br /> "What I am most looking forward to? To finally see my grandparents again," says Katya.<br /> <br /> Two monts into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • At Medyka border crossing, the piles of donated clothes are starting to create a problem for the volunteers at the site. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • At Medyka border crossing, the piles of donated clothes are starting to create a problem for the volunteers at the site. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Photo credit Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC<br /> <br /> Victoria, 7 fled from Ukraine to Poland.<br /> <br /> Photo taken in Przemyśl on 17. March 2022.
  • Some handed over by the volunteers at the Poland-Ukraine crossing in Medyka, some who have also witnessed the war, comforting children as they were fleeing Ukraine. <br /> <br /> The toys are being kept warm and close by the refugee children. They are playing home, wrapping their mascots tight in their scarves that serve as blankets to keep the stuffed animals away from cold on a freezing afternoon at the Przemyśl train station.<br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Victoria at the Przemysl train station.
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