says they are getting the money back from the national government, and the national government is saying they have already spent over 2 billion euros on supporting refugees, now they are asking for more, they are asking for more from the eu and compare that to how much the eu and compare that to how much the eu and compare that to how much the eu is suggesting over 3 billion, but that is for all of the countries, around ukraine, who are taking in refugee, so bear in mind that poland is estimating it has already spent 2 billion. it is an expensive situation, so the country is calling to more money, and at the end of all of this, whenever that he will b because we don t know because of the volatility of the situation in ukraine, this country believes it will spend round 24 billion euros in the up keep and maintenance of the refugees that come here. there are a lot of really fantastic schemes in lublin itself, they talk about a cash for work scheme so we spoke to teachers who were being p
here to escape the fighting in ukraine. this is just one small city in poland. that increase the population of this place by 10% and we are seeing schools that were increased their population by 10%. the children coming until the different schools. all of this a lot of money. poland estimated that it has already spent over 2 billion euros in helping refugees and getting them settled on getting them homes. compare that to what the european union is offering all of their countries neighbouring ukraine, just over 3 billion. so this country is asking for much, much more. it believes that it will spend at least 20,000. 20 billion euros on helping and supporting the refugees that come to this country. a huge, huge effort. bear in mind that so many people have already come here but bear in mind that people are still coming, even just this morning when we were here very early in the morning, young women had come. she had just spent the night travelling across over the border here to poland and
one of the hardest hit across the pandemic because we ve had restrictions on flights and travel and tourism for the best part of the year and a half and we ve seen that the results of travel and tourism companies, for example we had british airways owner iag just at the end of last week, they reported a 2 billion euros loss so far this year. they were flying at capacity of just 20% of 2019. so that s a really small capacity that they were flying at. that s because of restrictions, quarantines, nerves over travel. a more complex system as far as the travel traffic light system was concerned would have hit these companies even harder and it would have kept people from sort of booking holidays. we do still have some of the summer left. there is still some
the weather good morning can we get a sense of the weather conditions. it is good morning can we get a sense of the weather conditions. the weather conditions. it is like a christmas day. the weather conditions. it is like a christmas day, the the weather conditions. it is like a christmas day, the snow - the weather conditions. it is like a christmas day, the snow is - the weather conditions. it is like a christmas day, the snow is three l christmas day, the snow is three inches they and falling for the last three days. poland has hosted so many refugees and this is the kind of weather people are crossing their wares border 100 kilometres from here. within five hours of the worst starting, the local council and local ngos, created an emergency committee to support refugees. this is the nerve centre to support all the refugees. it even housed refugees when this all first started. all of this costs money, as you can imagine. the polish government in warsaw has already said they
at city index. good to talk to you. there is just so much discussion about these travel lists and criticism and the travel industry putting in their own recommendations, calling for more clarity, so it would seem we have a u turn on this amber watchlist. we have a u-turn on this amber watchlist. . , we have a u-turn on this amber watchlist watchlist. that s right. this will be really watchlist. that s right. this will be really important - watchlist. that s right. this will be really important for| will be really important for the travel industry. let s not forget that the travel industry has been one of the hardest hit across the pandemic, we have had restrictions on flights and travelling tourism for the best part of the year and a half, and we have seen the results of travelling tourism companies, we had british airways owner iag at the end of last week, and we saw they reported a $2 euro loss 2 billion euros loss, flying atjust 20% of