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A woman and child walk after crossing from Ukraine to Romania, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing point in Siret, Romania April 16, 2022.

They met BBC Population reporter Stephanie Hegarty in the border town of Siret as they waited anxiously for news.

After a 15-hour drive he ended up in Siret, Romania, on the border with Ukraine.

The van carrying the animals could not secure permission by the authorities to cross through Romania’s Siret border point.

At Siret, a Romanian border crossing with Ukraine, refugees continued to come through, by foot, by car or by bus, but in fewer numbers than they did in the weeks previously.