poland has taken in more refugees from ukraine than all of those other countries combined. its presented a huge financial burden. millions of women coming in with children. they are exhausted, tired from their journey. they also probably can t speak polish oftentimes and all of a sudden they meet someone who is offering them a ride to a hotel or to a home. this is the perfect recipe for human trafficking. in fact, just about a week ago police actually detained a 49-year-old man in western poland for allegedly raping a young refugee girl who could not speak polish. he reportedly lureded her in by offering her a place to stay.
today, and affirmed that not only does the u.s. stand with its nato ally poland, but president biden said your freedom is our freedom, and i think the way to think about his trip, both to brussels where he focused on security but also here to poland, is that president biden has been trying to answer the question of why should people around the world care about this conflict, especially as it drags on now into the second month, and a big part of that is the humanitarian crisis, president biden has been working to put a human face on as he held up a refugee girl from ukraine here in poland today, and met with a mother, a ukrainian woman who had fled the country and told president biden this, just a bit ago. watch. i m here with my daughter. my husband and my son are in service. over there.
of the ballistic missile launched from a submarine as the white house warns against further provocations . it has been one month since the volcano on the spanish island of la palma first erupted. 7,000 people have been displaced and nearly 2000 buildings have been destroyed. the volcano is continuing to spew lava with no end in sight. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is there. a giant puppet of a syrian refugee girl has it still has the capacity to attract and enthrall, but after a month it s become an overbearing backdrop to much of life here. an incredible spectacle with its own mundane chores. ryan does this once a week. maybe it doesn t affect you directly, he says, but a family member or someone you know. translation: i want it to end.
flat because i know people are sleeping in cars and tents and caravans. there is no sign of this eruption easing at all, and in fact, if anything, the volcano only gets more active and it s actually grown over the weeks as the layers of lava have built up and hardened, but there is still fresh lava pouring down the hillside as well, destroying more farmland, homes and villages, and there are new fires breaking out all the time. there are amazing survival stories. these dogs have been fed by drone for four weeks and now there s an attempt to use one to rescue them. but there is little hope for the home is still in the way of the lava. and the longer it flows, the further it reaches, smothering more of this island. danjohnson, bbc news, la palma. a giant puppet of a syrian refugee girl has arrived in southeast england after a trip of some 8,000 kilometres. little amal as she s known set off from the the border of syria injuly, and travelled across europe, in a journey that symbolised
and the longer it flows, the further it reaches, smothering more of this island. danjohnson, bbc news, la palma. a giant puppet of a syrian refugee girl has arrived in southeast england after a trip of some eight thousand kilometres. little amal as she s known set off from the the border of syria injuly, and travelled across europe, in a journey that symbolised the experiences of millions of displaced children. 0ur arts correspondent david silitto has been to see her, and has this report. little amal, a 3.5 metre tall puppet refugee, and. ..this is the beginning of the final leg of what has an 8,000 kilometre journey. there have been many stops across europe. it takes you back when you see the physical reaction that we re getting, but also she s amazingly evocative. so, she s doing herjob.