Hundreds of Polish children were evacuated from Siberia and received temporary shelter and care in Japan.

Hundreds of Polish children were evacuated from Siberia and received temporary shelter and care in Japan.
A new benefit, informally named “granny payments”, would support grandparents caring for children while parents work.
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Tomasz Grzywiński is now joining forces with other dinosaurs to spread some joy to children forced to flee their homes.
Paweł Marczewski
Civil society organisations are well placed to support Polish schools as large numbers of Ukrainian children arrive.
Police data show there were 1,496 suicide attempts by people aged up to 18 in Poland last year
The NGO behind the service says that young people need its support more than ever amid the pandemic.
The archbishop admits that the Catholic hierarchy’s failure to deal with sex abuse by clergy has been a primary cause.
The health minister encouraged parents to sign up their children as a “present” before Christmas.
In 2020, 410,000 children lived in extreme poverty, up 32% from a year earlier but still less than half the figure in 2015.
Families will receive 12,000 zloty (€2,630) for each child after their firstborn that is aged between 12 and 36 months.
The decision follows approval by the European Medicines Agency.
The scheme is expected to deliver 150 children in the city each year.
Official data show declining attendance.
In the early 1990s, less than 7% of children were born outside marriage.