Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got a better sense Thursday of the refugee crisis washing over Poland from the war zone in neighbouring Ukraine.
He met with Polish President Andrzej Duda, who praised Canada — and the prime minister in particular — for Canada’s offers of assistance, while stating that his country is counting on those promises being kept.
The two leaders discussed how to quickly get refugees who want to go to Canada onto flights. One of the options being considered is some form of airlift.
Duda said his country has absorbed about 1.5 million of the roughly two million people who have fled in
