Most of Ukraine's 11 million displaced people want to return, but it's unclear how much will be left if they do.
Poland, Ukraine's western neighbor, is hosting more Ukrainian refugees than any other country. Some 2.6 million have arrived since February 24. Officials in Poland's major cities are preparing for a long stay for many of the new arrivals.there could be as many as 150,000 Ukrainian refugees in the southern Polish city, close to the border with Czechia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
The southwestern city of Przemysl is even closer to the Ukraine border, less than 15 miles or a 30-minute drive. Integration is also a top priority for authorities in the eastern city of Lublin, home to around 340,000 people and 50 miles from the border with Ukraine. Some 30,000 Ukrainian refugees are now living in Lublin, Mayor Krzysztof Zuk told"Actions are needed that will integrate Ukrainians who have found refuge in Lublin into the life of the city in a natural and smooth way," Zuk said.
"We need to be aware that even if the war ends soon, many refugees will have nowhere to return to," Zuk added."Their homes have been destroyed. The towns they lived in have been razed to the ground by the Russians.Indeed, an end to the fighting may swell. The Ukrainian government banned all men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving the country, lest they be needed to fight the Russians.
"Depending on the war's duration, some people may become part of the city's bloodstream as a natural process. Having a job or attending school in Lublin will make the decision to return to a destroyed Ukraine even more difficult."SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images Fadeeva eventually relocated to Kyiv, but was forced west again by Russia's invasion. She was among those who packed onto trains leaving the capital in the first weeks of the war. Fadeeva stood for all 11 hours of her journey to Lviv, near the Polish border, as Russian troops closed in on the capital and missiles shook the city.."And when there were sirens, I went to a hiding place. I couldn't imagine that I could go to sleep in pajamas.
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