It’s in the middle of the night. A bus with 36 refugees and two dogs is on its way to Norway.
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While the Norwegian authorities considered what to do, almost 3,000 Ukrainians came to the country.
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Norwegians have been picking up, organizing and receiving refugees for three weeks.
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When bus driver Erik Storeide saw the TV pictures from Ukraine, he realized: He had to do something.
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GOTHENBURG-OSLO (Aftenposten): Most people lie down and sleep while the white tour bus rolls through the night fog on E6. Children and women have stretched out in depressed seats. It is a little over two at night a little north of Gothenburg.
It has been a long journey from the Polish border town of Przemysl. Now only the last stage remains. They are on the run from the war. And they have received Norwegian help. From a charity that the Norwegian authorities would rather not have any of.
Erik Storeide holds the steering wheel with a steady hand. The bus driver from Årnes knows that it is good to be able to contribute.
Norwegian bus companies and private individuals have in recent weeks run shuttle services between the Polish-Ukrainian border to bring Ukrainians to safety in Norway. The extensive refugee convoy has become possible through a large number of private fundraisers and the efforts of hundreds of volunteers. Many Ukrainians have also traveled on their own by plane to Norway.
– On the first day of the war we saw the cruel pictures from Ukraine. We were never in doubt. We had to set up a bus to help some of those affected by the madness of the war. It was simply our duty, says Erik Storeide.
He owns and runs the company Busskameratene.
Last Saturday morning, he and his neighbor and driver colleague Rune Halnes set out on the almost 4,000-kilometer journey round trip Przemysl. The mission: Bring a group of Ukrainians to Sweden and Norway.
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