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Spanish ties provide safe havens for Ukrainian refugees

Volunteers work in a warehouse organising donations to be sent to Ukraine in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Ukrainian refugees sit in a home of a resident in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

A volunteer works organising donations to be sent to Ukraine in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Tetiana Horobii, 35, from Brovary, walks through the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, looks at a phone in a house in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

Carme, a resident from Catalonia, teaches Catalan language to Tetiana Horobii and her son Maxym Batrak in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

Carme, a resident from Catalonia, teaches Catalan language to Ukrainian refugees in Guissona village in Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, plays in the city council of the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

A view of Guissona village in Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

Alina Slobodianiuk, 41, from Dnipro, speaks by phone in a supermarket in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary and Max Slobodianiuk, 17, from Dnipro, have lunch in a house in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, Max Slobodianiuk, 17, and Alina Slobodianiuk, 41, from Dnipro have lunch in a house in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra).

A Ukrainian flag is displayed on the Town Hall of the village of Guissona in Lleida, Spain, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Long before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the tiny town of Guissona was known as "Little Ukraine" – one in seven residents were originally from the country, most of them lured to this northeastern Spanish town by jobs at a supermarket distribution hub. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Spanish ties provide safe havens for Ukrainian refugees