Norway PM tells kids: play with Ukrainian children to make them feel welcome

FILE PHOTO: Norway's incoming Prime Minister and Labour leader Jonas Gahr Stoere is pictured at a presentation of the incoming government's policies, in Hurdal, Norway October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/File Photo

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere urged the country's children on Wednesday to invite Ukrainian refugee children to play with them and make them feel welcome, as the Scandinavian country geared up for more Ukrainians fleeing conflict at home.

Some 14,000 Ukrainians, mostly women and children, have so far sought refuge in the Nordic country of 5.4 million since Russia started its invasion on Feb. 24, though the government is preparing for the arrival of up to 100,000 individuals.