Is there a limit to how many refugees poland can support? Well the polss are saying that their major cities are really very full, particularly warsaw the capital. There isn't enough accommodation in some of these big cities. If the war drags on, then more people will come, for sure. One important factor will be whether people want to stay in europe or go back to ukraine.
The war in Ukraine has created the greatest flux of refugees in Europe since the second world war. We visit Poland, where the response has been remarkably smooth, and a New York neighbourhood that is no stranger to émigrés from the region. And we consider the displaced who are largely overlooked: why are so many Russians exiling themselves in Turkey?
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