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Canadian troops to aid Ukrainian war refugees in Poland

Anita Anand said the soldiers will arrive in Poland in the coming days. Stephanie Lecocq/PAP/EPA

A 100-soldier unit of the Canadian armed forces will relocate to Poland to aid Ukrainian war refugees, the Canadian defence minister said on Thursday.

EU needs relocation scheme for Ukrainian patients, minister says

Poland has proposed an EU scheme for the relocation of Ukrainian refugees requiring medical aid from Poland to other EU countries, the Polish health minister said on Tuesday in Brussels.

Warsaw opens refugee reception point

A reception centre for war refugees from Ukraine has opened at Warsaw's Western Bus Terminal.

Protesters demand humanitarian treatment of migrants at Belarus border

A protest was held in the eastern Polish Podlaskie province on Saturday calling for humanitarian and medical organisations to be granted access to operate in an area adjacent to the border with Belarus that is under a state of emergency.

Medical aid from Poland arrives in Vietnam

An airplane carrying nearly 8 tonnes of humanitarian aid landed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Saturday morning, as part of Poland's help for a country facing an increasingly difficult epidemiological situation, the Polish embassy in Hanoi has said.

Motion submitted to Euro court on foreigners on border with Belarus

Attorneys for 32 foreigners trapped in an area between the Polish and Belarusian borders have applied to the European Court of Human Rights for it to grant them protection under international law and to demand that the Polish authorities provide them with food and medical assistance.

Polish NGO “working harder than ever” to protect most vulnerable in war-torn countries from COVID-19

One of Poland’s biggest NGOs, Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH, Polska Akcja Humanitarna), has gone into overdrive in its mission to save the lives of those living in countries blighted by war.

Solidarity Union inspiration for today's epidemic aid - PM

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki voiced pride on Monday in Poland's medical aid mission in Lombardy, Italy. Morawiecki wrote on Facebook that Poland's 1980s Solidarity Union inspired its will to aid others in face of today's coronavirus epidemic.

Kraków doctors travel to Madagascar on medical aid mission

Seven doctors from the southern Polish city of Kraków will leave for Madagascar on October 20, where they will help patients at a hospital in the second biggest city, Antsirabe. They will take with them PLN 17,000's worth (EUR 3,900) of medical equipment.

Poles organise medical aid for refugees in Uganda

The Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM) is to deliver 100 housing modules to Uganda, which will serve as medical centres in refugee camps. PLN 1.5 million (EUR 348,000) for the project comes from the Polish Aid programme.

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‘Hardest mission ever!’ Polish search and rescue team head to Turkey as earthquake death toll mounts

A 76-strong team has set off to help in the rescue effort following the massive earthquake that hit the country on Monday morning as the teams head says: “The mission... will be one of the hardest we've been on so far."

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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