At least 2.8 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian-led invasion began on February 24, according to the latest UN figures released today.
The UN also recorded about two million internally displaced people.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) registered exactly 2,808,792 refugees from Ukraine on its special website, 110,512 more than the previous count yesterday, Sunday, March 13.
About 127,000 of these refugees are third-country nationals, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Europe has seen such a large influx of refugees since World War II, according to High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grady.
Four million people may want to flee the country to escape the war, according to initial UN estimates.
At least one million children have now left Ukraine, according to Unicef, which said: “They need peace NOW”.
Prior to the conflict, Ukraine had a population of at least 37 million in the territories controlled by Kyiv – which do not include Crimea annexed by Russia or pro-Russian separatist areas.
Poland alone has welcomed more than half of the refugees who have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, about 6 out of 10 refugees.
As of February 24, 1,720,227 people who fled to escape the conflict in Ukraine have entered Poland, according to the HCR.
Tens of thousands of people are also crossing the border in the opposite direction. These are mainly men who work in Poland but return to be registered.
Prior to the crisis, Poland had about 1.5 million Ukrainians, the majority of whom had come to work in the European Union.
Hungary hosts 255,291 people, according to HCR data, which stops on March 13.
The country has five border posts with Ukraine and many border towns, such as Zahoni, have turned public buildings into aid centers, where Hungarian citizens come to offer food or aid.
Slovakia counts 204,862 people who have left Ukraine, according to HCR figures that end on March 13.
According to authorities, 8,882 people entered Slovakia yesterday from Ukraine.
The number of people who took refuge in Russia was almost 131,365 on March 13, 25,000 more than the previous figure.
HCR also notes that between February 18 and 23, 96,000 people crossed into the separatist pro-Russian areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in Russia.
Upon arrival in Moldova, a small country of 2.6 million people and one of the poorest in Europe, some refugees continue their journey to Romania or Hungary, often to be reunited with their families.
According to authorities, 297,728 people have entered Moldova from Ukraine, and 198,513 have left.
According to the HCR count, 106,994 refugees from Ukraine were registered in the country on March 13.
HCR has not updated the statistics for Romania. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) counted nearly 85,000 refugees on March 8. As for Moldova, many refugees decide to continue their journey once they are safe.
According to the authorities, 14,475 Ukrainians entered (-13%) yesterday, of which 6,612 directly from Ukraine. As of February 24, authorities have registered the entry of 412,017 people. They no longer provide information about the Ukrainians who left Romania.
The HCR also clarified that just over 304,000 people continued their journey after crossing the Ukrainian border to other European countries, according to figures that stop on March 11.
SOURCE: AMPE
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