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Control. this is not where the bottleneck is, though, we are hearing reports of people waiting, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 12:00 hours in some cases to get across the border and the holdup is actually well beyond this. on the ukrainian side where you need to get an exit stamp. of course we know that the ukrainian government is no longer allowing men between the ages of 18 and 60 to leave the country. they may well have to be serving in the military or called up from the reserves instead, and so instead,...

Because were in a bit of a strange no mans land between the ukrainian and the polish side. so what youre seeing here is people leaving the screening building where they come into the eu, where they come into poland, have their passports stamped, their visas approved, whatever it is. and this is where that approval happens. there is also an exit visa process or an exit stamp they have to get from the ukrainian side of things. you can see over here the sign showing that youre going into ukraine, s...

Scott, talk to us about what youre witnessing right now. >> reporter: hey, christi, yeah, a crowd of people are actually waiting for a train that has just arrived here in from lviv in ukraine. this train has been delayed by six hours because its taking, so, so long for ukrainians to actually process everybodys passports and give everybody an exit stamp. ukraine is not allowing men between ages of 18 and 60 to leave the country. i just want to talk to someone else. its important to keep in mind w...

>> reporter: hey, john, we have new numbers from polish authorities who say 29,000 ukrainians have now crossed into the border -- or crossed into poland since all of this started. where we are is 30 minutes inside poland at a train station. whats happening here is a train arrived here 20 minutes ago from odessa. it was delayed by about four hours. we are seeing huge delays right now on the ukrainian side when people need to get the exit stamp to leave. this is also being used as a reception cent...

More people here though is because there is a huge backlog on the other side. where you have to get an exit stamp from the ukrainians. we are hearing reports there was one gentlemen who is waiting for his wife whos been here for hours. when i spoke to him about two or three hours, she had been waiting for four hours already and she was about a half a mile away from getting her passport actually stamped. heres another account of someone who woke up this morning and realized there was war. listen....

Boarding buses. theyre going to reception centers. the authorities have been handing out these papers which says if youre ukrainian and if youre crossing the border, youre allowed to come here and then giving them a little bit more information. a lot of people who have been crossing the border, wolf, they dont know where theyre going to go. theyre just happy to be on the side. most of the people who weve met do not expect to start a new life in poland. they think theyre going to be here temporar...