Ukrainian refugees in Poland, estimated at half a million, say border guards separated them by race06:54

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Poland has accepted the largest number of Ukrainian refugees out of all the war-torn country's neighbors. It's estimated around half a million have fled across the border. But there are reports of Polish border guards separating the refugees into white and non-white groups.

Host Peter O'Dowd speaks with Jan Pieklo, the former Polish ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 to 2019.