Child Endangerment at the Ukrainian border

In their report on the Red Cross getting involved with the Jewish pilgrims stuck on the border of Belarus and Ukraine, YWN has difficult pictures of men and children in what is quickly becoming a humanitarian crisis. Last night the Red Cross showed up and distributed blankets along with food and hot drinks.

Some of the pictures include scenes such as these:

This is a very difficult situation.

Two thoughts immediately came to mind when I saw this.

1. is it going to become acceptable, or even encouraged, now to donate to the Red Cross?

2. It is one thing for grown men, adults, to decide to go on some crazy adventure to try to force their way, or sneak, in to a country with closed borders. A grown man wants to go on this adventure, cross through streams and forests and try to bribe their way over the border if sneaking in becomes impossible, that's one thing. But to put little children in this situation? That is criminal. These children n need to be removed form this scene and immediately sent somewhere safe. The families should be investigated by social welfare authorities in the countries from which they came (mostly Israel). This is child endangerment.  

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