Close to the border with Belarus at night, some houses flash green lights as a signal to migrants and asylum seekers that they are welcome.
Now Zofia is here to see her again, offering compassion to someone in a desperate situation. And she tells me she will continue to visit the woman as she is likely to be in the centre for some time.
At a centre in the city, we meet asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other nations who are being offered help making their claims to stay. He added:"In Belarus, he kick me on my chest. I can't breathe. He kick my friend in face. His eye is gone. He beat us like this". They travelled to Belarus and waited at the border before moving towards Poland, having to survive in the freezing forest for days.She said:"Our situation was really, really difficult. All we had was a little bit of water left in a bottle and I had to share it amongst my children. Me and my husband wouldn't drink. So nothing would happen to them, so they wouldn't die".
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