i talked to sue fox, who runs the shore front y where the clinic was held. She said they'd seen 200 to 300 people already that day. One of our local elementary schools has reported that in the past three weeks they've seen 24 new students enrolled. So we know it is, it is bigger than a trickle. And i think we're only at the beginning.
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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