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The white house is now saying the united states will accept ukrainian refugees fleeing the country. but tonight refugees are flooding into neighboring poland. cnn international correspondent scott mclean is on the scene for us. scott, what are you seeing there near the border? and are they relocating with expectations of actually staying in poland? >> hey, wolf. it is cold. it is miserable. it is 3:30 in the morning. and the people who are crossing this border, could not be happier to be on this...

Being permitted to leave. all of these people here that you see holding up these signs, theyre all volunteers. and on these cardboard pieces of paper are written the names of various different cities that people who are disembarking from these buses can get rides to, places where they can find free accommodation. one thing that is quite eerie when it comes to being here is just how quiet it is. people you can see them as theyre coming off the bus are completely and totally shell-shocked. and we ...

Cnns arwa damon joins us with the humanitarian crisis. shes at the border in poland. arwa, take us into what youre seeing and the conversations that youre hearing there. >> reporter: well, is this is one of the reception centers. weve seen them grow and expand and take on a certain rhythm to their own degree. if you look down there, inside this old building, thats nonbut converted into this massive space that just has cot after cot after cot. this is where new arrivals who have not yet picked up...

Permitted to leave. all of these people here that you see holding up these signs -- they are all volunteers. and on these cardboard pieces of paper are written the names of various different cities that people who are disembarking from these buses can get rides to. places where they can find free accommodation. one thing that is quite eerie when it comes to being here is just how quiet it is. people -- you can see them, as they are coming off the bus -- are completely and totally shellshocked. a...

Alison barber has more on what shes seeing at the ukraine/poland border. >> reporter: they only allow vehicle traffic to come through here but weve seen busses like this carrying young families coming to the border and people getting rides with strangers and busses or local police and aid groups to take them elsewhere so they can get assistance. as weve been here talking to people crossing the border, there is a sense you can feel of relief where they arrive here to be somewhere safe, but when y...

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Station on the polish side of the border. >> reporter: they are tired, exhausted, and for many people in this train station, they have no idea where they are going to be sleeping tonight or the next couple of nights. we are at the train station about 30-minutes or so inside the border and a train from dokyiv has just arrived here and people trying to figure out where to go from here. some people are holding up signs, offering rides to different parts of poland. there is also a lot of volunteers ...

For us. it looks like you have a bus full of people behind you loading up. >> reporter: actually unloading right now. these are people who have just come across the border. into this parking lot -- people -- theyre holding -- theyre all volunteers, and they have the names of different locations that the people arriving from ukraine can get free rides to to find accommodation -- >> arwa -- >> reporter: -- people who have been. >> arwa, stand by just a moment. it sounds like your audio was

Start making their way to the border to escape the increasing fighting, do they believe they are, the authorities on the ground where you are, that theyll be able to handle the influx? >> you know, i dont know that on this grassroots level they have gotten that far yet. we were looking at some headlines out of brussels earlier today where there is talk of what measures they might put in place allowing, you know, work visas for two years, upon -- possibly for ukrainian nationals, maybe approved a...

Hours trying to just get across. and youll notice that most of them are women and children. and that is because men between the ages of 18 and 60 are not being permitted to leave. all of these people here that you see holding up these signs, theyre all volunteers. and on these cardboard pieces of paper are written the names of various different cities that people who are disembarking from these buses can get rides to, places where they can find freedom days. one thing that is quite eerie when it...