Refugees from Ukraine cross into Poland

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 500,000 people have fled Ukraine in recent days on a mass exodus to the eastern edge of the European Union, which shows no signs of stopping. About 100,000 of them have arrived in Poland. Reporter Andrew Connelly spoke to people fleeing war in Przemysl, eastern Poland.

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