Thursday, March 28

More than four million refugees flee Ukraine after five weeks of war


More of four million people have left Ukraine in five weeks, from the beginning of the Russian invasion, according to the count of United Nations, an exodus so rapid that it is unprecedented since World War II. Specifically, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a total of 4,019,287 people – essentially women and children – have crossed the borders of Ukraine into their country since February 24.

In this way, almost one in ten Ukrainians He has left his country in little more than a month. More than half of them took refuge in Polandwhich has received more than 2.3 million Until now. For its part, Romania has welcomed 608,936 people; Moldova to 387,151; Hungary at 364,804; and Slovakia has received 281,172 people.

Also, according to UNHCR, a total of 350,632 people they arrived to Russia. In this regard, a human rights organization has denounced thousands of Ukrainians who have been “forcibly transferred” to the Russian country in recent weeks. In addition, 10,902 refugees have arrived in Belarus, ally Moscow’s key in this conflict

In this way, the number of refugees has already reached the initial projection made by UNHCR at the beginning of the war, since the organization anticipated shortly after the start of the military offensive that there would be between four and five million refugees and, with tens of thousands of daily departures.

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The head of UNHCR, Philippo Grandihas lamented on Twitter that the threshold of four million has been reached, in a message in which he has also confirmed that he has arrived in Ukraine to speak in the city of Lviv with local authorities and various partners on how increase the help to the people affected “by this senseless war”.

The mandatory draft for Ukrainian men has caused the vast majority of those who flee of the country are women and children. They leave almost with what they wear. Dragging some suitcase and school bags, in many cases, without knowing where they will end up.


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