Secretary of the Treasury Janet L Yellen Delivers Remarks at the POLIN Museum in Warsaw, Poland
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war in ukraine, a chance to just be a kid. she says here she s grateful. reporter: poland has welcomed nearly 3 million people since the war started, yet not everyone is greeted with open arms. it s clear that we are more open for, you know, those slavic people. ethnic folks. reporter: while ukrainians arriving in poland can stay for 18 months, work legally, and have access to health care and social services, non-ukrainians can t. these three women knew they could help. they have only two weeks to think about their next steps. it s i can t imagine, actually, how to do it when you re a war refugee. reporter: overnight they started a shelter for non-ukrainian refugees run by a catholic ngo in poland. with space for 70 guests, they re turning people away daily.
not easy, especially for non-ukrainians fleeing the country, who haven t found the same welcome in poland as others. erica hill has the story. reporter: after fleeing the war in ukraine, a chance to just be a kid. she says here she s grateful. reporter: poland has welcomed nearly 3 million people since the war started, yet not everyone is greeted with open arms. we are more open for the slavic people. reporter: while ukrainians arriving in poland can stay for 18 months, work legally, and have access to health care and social services, non-ukrainians can t. these three women knew they could help. they have only two weeks about their next steps. i can t imagine actually how to do it when you re a war refugee. reporter: overnight they started a shelter for
three-year residencies to every ukrainian war refugee. that means that they have full access to their healthcare systems, to work authorization into housing subsidies and also the uk i might mention also so they are is really reason whatsoever. for ukrainians to be coming to our border or for us to be bringing in huge numbers of ukrainians here. they are doing great for a grou of war refugees. it is kind of the issue is that they are not asylum-seekers. they have asylum right in their own neighborhood, so it s a little bit disingenuous. democrats have firm shake the ukrainian refugees. watch. we will first bring them int the military bases as we did th afghans, go through the paperwork necessary to get them
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