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UN: The largest influx of refugees from Ukraine since the Second World War
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said more than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine moved to neighboring countries in the first ten days of the Russian invasion, most of them to Poland and Moldova. The numbers are expected to grow.
Guy Elster
06/03/2022
Sunday, 06 March 2022, 15:51 Updated: Monday, 07 March 2022, 07:56
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Refugees from Ukraine arrive in Bucharest, last week (Photo: Reuters)
More than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since the outbreak of war with Russia, and the UN refugee agency today (Sunday) described it as the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
"More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have moved Neighborhood within ten days - the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, "tweeted Filippo Grandi, head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
No more precise segmentation of refugee numbers is possible.
The agency said earlier that a million people had fled Ukraine in the first seven days of Russia's invasion, which began on February 24.
Poland absorbed more than 650,000 refugees from Ukraine, while Little Moldova received more than 96,000.
Ukrainian citizens also fled to Romania, Slovakia and Hungary.
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In the video: Minister Shaked refers to the absorption of refugees from Ukraine (Photo: Roni Kanfo)
The figures were released during a second attempt within a day to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol, which has been bombed by Russian forces in recent days.
A similar effort failed yesterday after local authorities accused the Russian military of shelling civilians' escape routes.
In Moscow denied.
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