At Russia's border with Estonia, thousands of Ukrainians have been forced to wait for days in raw weather. Even once they reach Estonia, some say they do not know why they were denied entry to the European Union.
Since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have fled to safety in the European Union. Some of those people make their way through Russia and cross into the EU via Estonia. Many of those in transit need assistance and one NGO Friends of Mariupol has sprung up to help. ERR News spoke to the organization's spokesperson Aleksandra Averjanova to find out what it does and why it formed.
Two months after ERR News first reported about increasing numbers of refugees from Ukraine arriving in Estonia from Russia, and nearly three weeks after the Social Insurance Board (SKA) was supposed to open an info point for incoming refugees in Narva, the agency finally did open one 50 kilometers away, in Jõhvi.
Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani (Center) said on Tuesday the government is aware of "so-called camps" on Russia's border with Estonia set up to question refugees but "everything is calm".