blanket for her son. she worries about him with the cold temperatures at night. they are just one of hundreds of ukrainian families camped out here at the u.s. border with mexico. the tents are set up at the border crossing just south of san diego. at the time of our visit, about 2,400 people were waiting to enter the u.s., which has promised to allow 100,000 ukrainians on humanitarian grounds. they can stay for one year. how quickly are these refugees able to get into the u.s.? oh, my gosh, not quickly enough. we can get across maybe 300 people a day on a good day. some days are 200 and some days are 150. so, it all depends. reporter: inna levin is have orange county, california, and helping coordinate the volunteer effort here. every family has a number, and when it gets called, it s their turn to cross. do you have a number?
with a simple travel visa. they just ran, she says, taking only a small suitcase and a blanket for her son. she worries about him with the cold temperatures at night. they are just one of hundreds of ukrainian families camped out here at the u.s. border with mexico. the tents are set up at the san ysidro border crossing just south of san diego. at the top of our visit, about 2,400 people were waiting to enter the u.s., which has promised to allow 100,000 ukrainians in on humanitarian grounds. they can stay for one year. how quickly are these refugees able to get into the u.s.? oh, my gosh, not quickly enough. we can get across maybe 300 people a day on a good day. some days are 200, and some days are 150. so it all depends. reporter: inna is from orange county, california, and helping coordinate the volunteer effort here. every family here has a number, and when it gets called, it s
enter the u.s. which has promised to allow 100,000 ukrainians in on humanitarian grounds. they can stay for one year. how quickly are these refugees able to get into the u.s.? oh, my gosh. not quickly enough. we we can get across maybe 300 people a day on a good day. some days are 200 and some days are 150. so, it s it all depends. reporter: inna is from orange county, california, and helping coordinate the volunteer effort here. every family here has a number and when it gets called, it is their turn to cross. do you have a number? reporter: this woman and her three children have number 1,594. they are sleeping here, she says, until it s their turn. toys. can i see? another woman, irena, tells me she has been sleeping in this tent with her five children. do you know when you might be called to go to the u.s.?
are 150. so it is it all depends. reporter: anleven is helping to coordinate the volunteer effort here. every family here has a number, and when it gets called, it is their turn to cross. do you have a number. this woman and her three children have number 1,594. they are sleeping here, she says, until it is their turn. toys? can i see? another woman, irena, says she s been sleeping in this tent, with her five children. do you know when you might be called to go to the u.s.? i think soon. reporter: there is food and games for the children. we found this boy playing with blue and gold play doe, the same colors as the ukrainian flag.
lviv, and now they are in poland and trying to work out what happens next. priorities are basic things, getting your phone charge, getting a sim card, working out which country they move on to come if they stay in poland. poland has a very high number of ukrainians already living here, a lot of people have family and friends here, a lot do not. what do they do? a huge volunteer effort has rallied together to try to help these people and the numbers continue to rise. these people and the numbers continue to rise. thank you for the moment. 0ur correspondent nick thorpe is in tiszabecs near the hungary ukraine border. how does the situation compare there? ., , , how does the situation compare there? . , , , , there? hungary is second in this stranue there? hungary is second in this strange league there? hungary is second in this strange league table there? hungary is second in this strange league table with - there? hungary is second in this| strange league table with poland really,