blessing of the u.s. administration. that s notable because there has been talk of israel perhaps mediating the conflict between russia and ukraine. we ll see what comes out of those conversations. also today, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is just across the border in poland right now meeting with leaders of that key nato ally as well as with ukrainian refugees who are pouring into poland by the hundreds of thousands. blinken is there to discuss security for poland but also financial assistance for the growing refugee crisis poland is facing. natasha bertrand is at eu headquarters in brussels. i know in all these conversations, further option to aid ukraine militarily are being discuss preponderance of the evidence we just had the ukrainian president meet by zoom with u.s. senators and it seemed that one focus of that conversation was the possibility of nato sending more aircraft to ukraine for the ukrainian air force. do we know where that stands
ukraine because the number of refugees is actually 1.6 million into poland. we think probably about 1 million refugees are still an poland because have left and gone on to other countries. this legislation was crucial because this is the biggest refugee crisis poland has faced since the second world war, the numbers are overwhelming and what this legislation does as legalised is the stay and right to work of these people who come in across the border, some without documents so they are not registered and this allows them to have access to social benefits, gives them a payment and allows them to register and get a national identification number to access free health care
also enjoy the same rights even fa are not ukrainian citizens and their children will be able to go to polish school. there is already 24,000 polish school. there is already 211,000 ukrainian children attending polish schools and the last couple of weeks and there are significant challenges they are especially with the language barrier but this is something this bill addresses and also the economic needs of the polish people hosting ukrainian families because it allows them to have a daily benefit of around $9 per person they hostjust to ease the economic pressure on those people hosting in their homes. letters are significant, it is the biggest refugee crisis poland has faces one of what to the measures at
children will be able to go to polish school. there is already 24,000 ukrainian children attending polish schools and the last couple of weeks and there are significant challenges they are especially with the language barrier but this is something this bill addresses and also the economic needs of the polish people hosting ukrainian families because it allows them to have a daily benefit of around $9 per person they hostjust to ease the economic pressure on those people hosting in their homes. it is significant, it is the biggest refugee crisis poland has faces one since wwii what to the measures