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Davide Martello, an Italian man living in Germany, plays the piano for people who have fled Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland.

Near the Polish border, a musician plays music to welcome those fleeing Ukraine

4:25pm April 05, 2022

Refugees streaming across the border at the Medyka border crossing into Poland leave behind the air raid sirens and the sounds of war and are welcomed by musician Davide Martello.

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Nastia Stefanovich, a volunteer at the distribution center in Lviv for goods donated for Ukrainians in need, points out the piles of clothes that have been arriving.

Health & Safety

Donated clothes help in Ukraine. But here's one thing aid experts like better

5:05pm March 22, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Donations are pouring in — but they don't always address the needs of the many displaced and homeless Ukrainians who've lost practically everything they own.

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NC congresswoman is urging U.S. to expedite adoptions of Ukrainian orphans

11:17am March 22, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

Representative Deborah Ross has sent a

Military

Hundreds rally in support of Ukraine in NC capital

3:45pm March 21, 2022

by David Ford

On Sunday, more than 300 people gathered at the state capitol in Raleigh for the "Stand with Ukraine rally." There were speeches by elected officials and others, traditional music performances, lot

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'It's comfort. It's home.' Walkertown woman's Ukrainian parents faced a hard choice

11:00am March 14, 2022

by Paul Garber

*UPDATE: Anna Shyfrina says her parents made it out of Ukraine and are safe in Moldova.

Mayor Wojciech Bakun of Przemysl, Poland, estimates that 350,000 refugees have arrived in his Polish border town since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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This Polish mayor has become a hero for Ukrainians in crisis. But what of his past?

6:09pm March 11, 2022

Wojciech Bakun admits he was ill-prepared to become a front-line humanitarian worker dealing with the rush of refugees from Ukraine. And some onlookers have been surprised by his response too.

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A woman wearing the Ukrainian flag is handed a beverage at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday. Ukrainians have been welcomed into Poland and other neighboring countries as they flee Russian attacks.

Race, culture and politics underpin how — or if — refugees are welcomed in Europe

9:26pm March 03, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

The embrace of those fleeing the Russian invasion is far different from the cold shoulder refugees from the Middle East and Africa have received. Race, culture and politics are all part of the story.

People waiting outside of a gate at the Kabul airport.

From Kabul to Virginia: An Afghan family is starting over in America

1:08pm January 25, 2022

by H.J. Mai

In only a matter of days, the lives of an Afghan family changed forever. After the Taliban took control of Kabul, they were forced to start over in a foreign country.

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An Afghan girls soccer team rebelled to play the game they love. Now they're refugees

5:07pm January 05, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

The teenagers on the Afghan girls national soccer team lean on each other as they adjust to a new life in Portugal, where they fled after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

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Blend, a Kurd from Iraq, considers himself lucky. He has only spent 14 days in a camp on the Belarusian side of the border and five days in the woods after crossing to the Polish side. When his kidney problems started to become unbearable because of lack

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This photographer captured how activists helped migrants at the Poland-Belarus border

10:48am January 03, 2022

Polish-based photographer Kasia Strek documented what it was like for migrants and people in Poland as the crisis evolved at the border in November.