At the Polish-Ukrainian Border, 2022
Piotr Wojcik
As Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, half a million people have already fled their country in five days only, according to the ONU : the number of refugees continues to grow.
At the end of February Polish photographer Piotr Wojcik went to Medyka, the largest border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, to document the arrival of exiles. The queue on the Ukrainian side is long : it now takes three days to cross the border.
The photographer also followed the arrival of refugees at the train station in Przemyśl, a town in south-eastern Poland. The trains are overcrowded, with thousands of women, children and elderly people seeking asylum. The impulse of solidarity from Poles and other western countries is striking ; citizens are waiting for the trains to arrive and are mobilising to help them.
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