A Portrait of the Ukrainian Refugee Experience

“At that time and in that atmosphere it seemed the only conceivable thing to do.” So wrote George Orwell in 1938 about going to Catalonia to fight in the Spanish Civil War, and it captures exactly how I felt in February when Russia invaded Ukraine. I couldn’t join the fight – I’d be no use at all on a battlefield. But I wanted to help in any way I could. So I flew to Poland, hoping to help provide relief for the Ukrainian refugees streaming into Europe.