millions more could be forced from this country, if the fighting is prolonged. this map shows the extent of the exodus. the larger the arrows, the greater the population flow. refugees are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west. more than 100,000 people have fled to moldova, and our correspondent lucy williamson reports from the palanca border crossing point, about 30 miles from the ukrainian port city of odessa. when odesa flinches, palanca catches the blow. the fear in ukraine s southern city is reflected in the queues, the emotions spilling out at this once little known border post. a bus to an emergency shelter oversubscribed. an official loses control. there s a five year old waiting, he shouts, move back. svetlana had been waiting for a visa tojoin her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv,
once little known border post. a bus to an emergency shelter oversubscribed. an official loses control. there s a five year old waiting, he shouts, move back. svetlana had been waiting for a visa tojoin her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv, she s crossed into moldova without it. it is impossible to understand what has happened, she said. we re living in the 21st century. people are just hoping for the best and holding on to the end. katya also arrived today from odesa with her sister and three children after they saw a ship destroyed in a huge explosion. translation: the kids - were asking, what s going on? and we said it was fireworks. what are you going to say to a kid?
once little known border post. a bus to an emergency shelter, oversubscribed. an official loses control. there s a five year old waiting, he shouts, move back. svetlana had been waiting for a visa tojoin her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv, she s crossed into moldova without it. it s impossible to understand what s happened, she said. we re living in the 21st century. people are just hoping for the best and holding on to the end. katya also arrived today from 0desa with her sister and three children after they saw a ship destroyed in a huge explosion. translation: the kids - were asking, what s going on? and we said it was fireworks. what are you going to say to a kid? you can t tell them it s a war out there. video from 0desa this week showed the men left
a rare moment of unity, charged with emotion. a moment of history nobody here will forget. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. more conservative mps have joined the chorus of criticism of the government s response to the ukrainian refugee crisis. ministers say a new processing centre will be opened in calais within days after it emerged hundreds of refugees who have reached calais are being turned away now and told to go to paris to complete their paperwork. it has caused a lot of consternation. from calais, our home editor mark easton sent this report. volunteers in calais have worked to support refugees arriving in their city for years. now, this centre is distributing clothes and blankets to a new wave of desperate people fleeing war ukrainians. some, found sleeping rough while waiting for a visa to the uk, have been offered a home by local families. we are quite sure that in next weeks, many people are going
he s 6 years old. so little. reporter: yeah. do you have an appointment for a visa? yes, yes. of course. i have appointment. and it was a long period for waiting for a visa. reporter: hallie, i spoke today with u.s. ambassador to poland mark brzezinski about this, and he said the u.s. government right now is in the process of adding more consular officers to be able to process these refugees and other visa applicants. they are developing new programs to try to facilitate and expedite the process of getting them into the country with a specific focus on ukrainians who have family ties to the u.s. maybe they have a sibling or a relative who s a u.s. citizen and can help work that process for them. but we re also seeing a fascinating trend here in poland in just the last few weeks, which is some refugees who are making the decision to go back to ukraine, to go back to an active war zone.