Slovakia Border News Today

Europe News: Poland and the Czech Republic said Tuesday they were introducing checks on their borders with Slovakia in a bid to curb growing illegal migration. Ger

She said she wanted to show them the resilience of these ukrainian refugees has inspired her and so many others. after shes going to go to a school where u krkrainian refug have been enrolled. and then on sunday, it is mothers day. the first lady is expected to spend time with ukrainian mothers and their children, who are in slovakia and shes expected to visit the ukraine/slovakia border where refugees have been filtering in. there are 850,000 in romania and 350,000 in slovakia.

We see a group of women and chil children. >> we had to get first tickets. >> reporter: trying to get a taxi, they came from kyiv. your whole family? >> no. were separated. we dont know each other. >> reporter: dont know each other? >> yeah. >> we met on the train. >> and now traveling together? >> yeah. try trying. >> reporter: so we can see theyre on an uber app. theyre looking at trying to get a car to poland. back in our van, about one hour later, we saw where those ride hires ended. >> weve...

Right now. and theyve opened it up and said you dont need papers or passports. its not they arent welcoming. they cannot handle the volume of people. this border were at right now is much more remote, pamela. its harder to get to, and it is by far appears to be the easiest border. it took us 20 hours to get here. but when we talk about what people can do, hungary of course used to have visas for ukrainians who want to come in. they waived that. they said you just need a passport. theyre remote a...

Cnns erin burnett spent the day with some of them. she joins us now live from ukraines border with hungary. erin, you began your journey to cross the border in lviv 20 hours ago. tell us what happened when you headed for poland? >> reporter: so the first thing we did, we got up this morning, wed been down for maybe an hour, awoken by air sirens down in the bomb shelter. thats how it is now. and then we began our journey to the polish border. and first we pass the train station, and it is just ho...

Sorry about that. and at that point it just came to a complete halt. over the next two hours we went about -- 90 minutes about half a mile. so it was about 57 hours to pass the border with poland. it was incredible. there were people, get there and stopped and some would take bolt which is what they use instead of uber, and get dropped off, women with chirp, people with pets and getting ready to walk 30 miles. i think the numbers coming out of the u.n. are low from what weve seen at tat that bor...

Everyone has a device in their hands that can record and become evidence. thank dyou, michael. sorry were short. we have a lot going on but appreciate you joining us and well have you back. >> all right. the have a good night. >> you, as well. >> a harrowing scene in ukraine as thousands desperately try to flee to safety walking over 30 miles in the cold. erin burnett tells us what she saw on the way to the border that is next. here. aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength?? reduces inf...

Leaving behind a husband, a father to fight in ukraine. it is just unbelievable what is taking place right now, the humanitarian crisis. you are close to the hungary border. tell us more about what it is like where you are right now, erin. >> reporter: so what happened was, pamela, to get here it took another 16, 17 hours and we passed various border crossings. we also -- one checkpoint alone took us over 6 hours because theres military checkpoints in the towns. men are building up concrete, put...

West. now were loaded up, a few minutes delayed and about to be on our way to the border. on our way at 7:00 a.m. to a shell shocked city where many fled and many arriving from points further east. the cold is cruel. there are young children everywhere caused families. most have nowhere to go. their designatic destination st. this is the main train station in lviv. most of these people this is the final stop they can get west. many men are trying to board buss to go to poland. i will say this is...

Colonel cedric leighton. well likely see a lot more of this. ukrainian families desperately making their way to the polish border. youve been seeing the images of gridlock as drivers scramble to outrun the russians. and its an emotional scene for those who make it out. cnns arawa damon is on the other side of the border in poland tonight. arawa? >> reporter: hi, pam. this bus has just arrived. oh, and we can see some sort of a reunion happening here. this bus just arrived from the ukrainian bord...