Geneva: Number of refugees who fled Ukraine The United Nations said on Monday that as the Russian offensive on February 24 topped the “terrible milestone” of 3 million.
international organization of the united nations Said for migration had exceeded that historical figure.
“Three million lives were lost. Three million women, children and vulnerable people were separated from their loved ones,” the IOM chief said. Antonio Vittorino,
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 2,969,600 Ukrainians had fled across their country’s borders, with the IOM saying 157,000 third-country nationals had also fled.
An IOM spokesman said “millions more” people were still trapped inside the country or internally displaced within Ukraine.
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said: “Today we have crossed another terrifying milestone: 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine. The war must stop. Now.”
The UN children’s agency UNICEF said nearly half of those who fled were children.
For the children “it means stress and sadness”, spokesman James Elder told reporters in Geneva, leaving their father behind to fight and their mother eventually breaking through days of conservatism trying to escape to safety. saw.
The UNHCR initially estimated that 4 million people could go, but acknowledged last week that the figure could be revised upwards.
Prior to the conflict, Ukraine had a population of 37 million in state-controlled areas, excluding Crimea associated with Russia and pro-Russian separatist areas in the east.
Here are the details of where Ukrainian refugees went, according to UNHCR:
Six out of 10 Ukrainian refugees crossed the Polish border, some 1,791,111 did so.
Thousands of people from Poland are also entering Ukraine – mostly those returning to fight, but also others who wish to care for elderly relatives or to bring their families to Poland.
Before the crisis, about 1.5 million Ukrainians lived in Poland, the vast majority working in the EU nation.
Data on arrivals in Ukraine’s neighboring countries that are in Europe’s Schengen open-border zone – Poland, Hungary and Slovakia – only represent border crossings in that country.
“We estimate that a large number of people have moved to other countries,” the UNHCR said.
The UNHCR said 453,432 people had made their way into neighboring Romania, including those who had come from Moldova to reach the EU member state.
UNHCR figures per neighboring country are 233,266 more than their total – a difference that the agency says reflects the number of people crossing between Moldova and Romania.
The vast majority are believed to have made their way to other countries in Europe.
Many Ukrainians fleeing the fighting transit through Moldova, a small nation of 2.6 million people and one of the poorest in Europe, on their way west to Romania and other countries.
The UNHCR said that 337,215 Ukrainians had migrated to a non-EU state. It is the closest border to the major port city of Odessa.
A total of 263,888 Ukrainian refugees entered Hungary.
Hungary has five border posts with Ukraine and several frontier towns, including Zahoni, where local authorities have converted public buildings into emergency centers for refugees.
Some 213,000 refugees made it across Ukraine’s shortest border into Slovakia.
About 142,994 refugees have sought asylum in Russia.
In addition, the UNHCR said that 96,000 people from the pro-Russian Donetsk and Lugansk regions of eastern Ukraine immigrated to Russia between February 18 and 23.
The UNHCR says some 1,226 refugees have made it to Belarus.
international organization of the united nations Said for migration had exceeded that historical figure.
“Three million lives were lost. Three million women, children and vulnerable people were separated from their loved ones,” the IOM chief said. Antonio Vittorino,
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 2,969,600 Ukrainians had fled across their country’s borders, with the IOM saying 157,000 third-country nationals had also fled.
An IOM spokesman said “millions more” people were still trapped inside the country or internally displaced within Ukraine.
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said: “Today we have crossed another terrifying milestone: 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine. The war must stop. Now.”
The UN children’s agency UNICEF said nearly half of those who fled were children.
For the children “it means stress and sadness”, spokesman James Elder told reporters in Geneva, leaving their father behind to fight and their mother eventually breaking through days of conservatism trying to escape to safety. saw.
The UNHCR initially estimated that 4 million people could go, but acknowledged last week that the figure could be revised upwards.
Prior to the conflict, Ukraine had a population of 37 million in state-controlled areas, excluding Crimea associated with Russia and pro-Russian separatist areas in the east.
Here are the details of where Ukrainian refugees went, according to UNHCR:
Six out of 10 Ukrainian refugees crossed the Polish border, some 1,791,111 did so.
Thousands of people from Poland are also entering Ukraine – mostly those returning to fight, but also others who wish to care for elderly relatives or to bring their families to Poland.
Before the crisis, about 1.5 million Ukrainians lived in Poland, the vast majority working in the EU nation.
Data on arrivals in Ukraine’s neighboring countries that are in Europe’s Schengen open-border zone – Poland, Hungary and Slovakia – only represent border crossings in that country.
“We estimate that a large number of people have moved to other countries,” the UNHCR said.
The UNHCR said 453,432 people had made their way into neighboring Romania, including those who had come from Moldova to reach the EU member state.
UNHCR figures per neighboring country are 233,266 more than their total – a difference that the agency says reflects the number of people crossing between Moldova and Romania.
The vast majority are believed to have made their way to other countries in Europe.
Many Ukrainians fleeing the fighting transit through Moldova, a small nation of 2.6 million people and one of the poorest in Europe, on their way west to Romania and other countries.
The UNHCR said that 337,215 Ukrainians had migrated to a non-EU state. It is the closest border to the major port city of Odessa.
A total of 263,888 Ukrainian refugees entered Hungary.
Hungary has five border posts with Ukraine and several frontier towns, including Zahoni, where local authorities have converted public buildings into emergency centers for refugees.
Some 213,000 refugees made it across Ukraine’s shortest border into Slovakia.
About 142,994 refugees have sought asylum in Russia.
In addition, the UNHCR said that 96,000 people from the pro-Russian Donetsk and Lugansk regions of eastern Ukraine immigrated to Russia between February 18 and 23.
The UNHCR says some 1,226 refugees have made it to Belarus.