I HAVE ONLY ONE DESIRE, I WANT
EVERYTHING TO FINISH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND TO LIVE IN PEACE.
POSSIBLE AND TO LIVE IN PEACE.
>> POLAND'S CAPITAL CITY OF
WARSAW HAS TAKEN IN OVER 2
MILLION REFUGEES ALONE.
I IMAGINE YOU HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN YOUR CITY DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP
WELCOME THESE FOLKS.
I'M SURE GIVEN YOUR NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES, THERE'S FAMILIARITY,
MAYBE FRIENDS AND FAMILIAR THINK
THERE, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT HOW
OVERWHELMED ARE YOUR SERVICES?
HOW MANY MORE FOLKS CAN YOU
SUCCESSFULLY TAKE CARE OF?
>> HI, GOOD MORNING.
CHUCK, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM.
WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM FIVE
YEARS AGO IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,
300,000 PEOPLE WERE COMING TO
EUROPE EVERY MONTH AND WE HAD A
MILLION AND A HALF COMING IN IN
TWO WEEKS, 300,000 PEOPLE IN
WARSAW ALONE.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IN
ORDER TO WELCOME THEM.
IT IS US, THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT, IT IS THE GOVERNMENT
WHO SET UP RECEPTION CENTERS.
IT IS THE ORDINARY PEOPLE, NO
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZES BUT, YES,
WE'RE GETTING OVERWHELMED
BECAUSE --
>> WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE EU?
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE UNITED
STATES?
OBVIOUSLY SOME SUPPORT.
DO YOU NEED AIR LIFTS?
IS IT TIME TO START HELPING SEND
SOME OF THESE REFUGEES TO OTHER
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES OR HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES TO HELP
ALLEVIATE WHAT YOU'RE DEALING
WITH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE NEED A SYSTEM.
I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING IT FOR
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
THE UNIONS AND EUROPEAN HAVE A
SYSTEM IN PLACE.
THEY CAN COME AS IF WITH LEGO
BRICKS CONSTRUCT A SYSTEM WITH
RECEPTION CENTERS, WITH
ACCOMMODATIONS AND SO ON AND SO
FORTH.
WE NEED TO DO THAT.
WE CANNOT IMPROVISE ANYMORE.
PEOPLE FROM WARSAW ARE ACCEPTING
PEOPLE TO THEIR HOMES, WE ARE
ADOPTING HOTELS AND ALL THE
FACILITIES OF THE CITY TO
WELCOME REFUGEES SO ON AND SO
FOR THE.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
TO TAKE DOUBLE NUMBERS MORE THAN
THAT.
WE ARE 2 MILLION IN WARSAW AND
12% ARE UKRAINIANS WHO JUST
ARRIVED IN THE LAST WEEK TWO.
95% IN THE BEGINNING HAD FAMILY
AND FRIEND TAKING CARE OF THEM
NUND 30
AND NOW 30% ASSISTANCE.
WE NEED ASSISTANCE FROM THE
UNITED STATES AND OTHER
COUNTRIES.
WE NEED THAT.
>> THERE WAS BOMBING OVERNIGHT
IN WESTERN CITIES.
IN THE WESTERN PART OF UKRAINE
IT HAD BEEN SORT OF A BUFFER.
THIS INCOMING REFUGEE, MANY OF
THESE WERE COMING FROM THE
EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, NOW
WITH THE WEST UNDER ATTACK, I
IMAGINE THIS IS ONLY GOING TO
ESCALATE, YOU KNOW.
IS THERE A POINT WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO
TURN PEOPLE AWAY?
>> NO, WE ARE NEVER GOING TO
TURN PEOPLE AWAY.
WE WILL ACCEPT THEM ALL.
WE NEED TO DO THAT.
THEY'RE ESCAPING A CRAZY MURDERER.
I'M IN CONTACT WITH KLITSCHKO IN
KYIV.
THE SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE.
THE WESTERN UKRAINE IS NOT SAFE
ANYMORE SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
MORE AND MORE.
NOT A MILLION AND A HALF BUT
PROBABLY 3, 4, 5 MILLION IN
POLAND ALONE.
THAT'S WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY.
WE NEED A SYSTEM, WE NEED THE
UNITED NATIONS IN HERE WITH
POLAND SETTING UP RECEPTION
CENTERS AND WE NEED A REAL
RELOCATION PROGRAM IN EUROPE AND
IN THE WORLD.
THIS IS HUGE LOGISTICS
ENTERPRISE.
WE CANNOT IMPROVISE ANYMORE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE AN OBVIOUS
NEED, MR. MAYOR.
IS IT BEGINNING -- DO YOU SEE
EVIDENCE THAT IS SYSTEM IS GOING
TO BEING IMPLEMENTED OR DO YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU STILL HAVE TO
SOUND THE ALARM HERE LIKE, HEY
GUYS, STOP DILLYDALLYING, LET'S
GO?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.
24/7 WE ARE ON THE STREETS.
I JUST CAME BACK FOR A SECOND TO
THE CITY HALL BUT I'M GOING BACK
TO TALK TO THE UKRAINIANS.
THIS IS HEART BREAKING THE
STORIES THAT I HEAR EVERY DAY.
IT JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
SO OF COURSE WE NEED TO ACCEPT
EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO CROSS THE
POLISH/UKRAINIAN BORDER.
THE SOLIDARITY IS INCREDIBLE BUT
IT'S GOING TO END IF WE DO NOT
ACT SOON.
THAT'S WHY I SOUND ALL THE ALARM
BELLS IN ALL THE CONVERSATION.
YESTERDAY I TALKED TO JUSTIN
TRUDEAU, THE PRIME MINISTER OF
CANADA WHO WAS VISITING SOME OF
THE REFUGEES WITH ME.
MY PLEA FROM POLAND TO THE WORLD
IS LET'S SET UP A SYSTEM AND
DIVIDE THE RESPONSIBILITY
BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS THE
UKRAINIANS FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM
WHEN THEY CAN SEE THAT WE TAKE
CARE OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IF WE'RE ASKING UKRAINE TO STAND
ALONE WITH THIS FIGHT, WE GOT TO
DO WHAT WE CAN TO TAKE THOSE