The evacuation of Indians by way of the Poland border, which the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had acknowledged as a “problem area”, has made some headway with near 2,000 folks, primarily college students, crossing over by midday on Tuesday.
Adam Burakowski, Ambassador of Poland to India, informed The Indian Express that roughly 1,700 Indians had safely made it to Poland until 7am (Polish time). “We have received almost four-lakh people already. Poland is ready to receive anybody and any number of people trying to escape Russian aggression. We don’t look at nationality,” he added.
However, lots of of Indian college students are nonetheless stranded in freezing temperatures, particularly on the Shehyni-Medyka border checkpoint. Many have alleged discrimination by Ukranian and Polish border forces. Burakowski outrightly denied any discrimination by his nation.
“This is totally faux. We do not make any discrimination. We obtain everyone who comes. We have additionally allowed Indians to enter with out a visa,” he mentioned.
However, the Ambassador additionally acknowledged that there have been “logistical problems” in evacuating a lot of folks. “The situation on the ground is that there are lakhs of people (waiting at the border). Border police of both countries (Ukraine and Poland) are doing everything possible to help. But it’s such a big crowd. You can’t tell one-lakh people to cross over in five minutes. Yes, the waiting time is quite long, but we are doing everything we can,” mentioned Burakowski. “The house (on the border checkpoint) is proscribed, you recognize. How do you accommodate one-lakh folks at a border crossing which isn’t meant for such numbers?”
The Indian Express has discovered that a minimum of two Indigo Airlines plane are anticipated to fly out from the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport on Tuesday night, Polish time, and produce about 450 Indians again to the nation.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
